psychopathology
/ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/
"psychopathology" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychopathology” is uncommon English (frequency #54,417 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,417
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychopathology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #54,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psychopathology” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
psychopathology is uncommon English at frequency #54,417 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for psychopathology, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + pathology. The correct English form is psychopathology, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
- 2A mental or behavioral disorder.
Etymology
From psycho- + pathology.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “psychopathology”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.