psychopaths
/ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/
"psychopaths" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychopaths” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,718. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,718
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of psychopath
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychopaths · psychopaths · English
psychopaths · rank #31,718 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,718
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pugh
Nearest frequency peer: Pugh (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “psychopaths”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- PPI
PPI
68,287 corpus weight
- pregame
pregame
68,286 corpus weight
- promiscuous
promiscuous
68,285 corpus weight
- psychopaths
psychopaths
68,283 corpus weight
- Pugh
Pugh
68,282 corpus weight
- pusher
pusher
68,280 corpus weight
What this shows “psychopaths” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychopaths |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #31,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “psychopaths”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around psychopaths (IPA /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,718 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of psychopath".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychopaths, with forms such as "ppsychopaths", "pscyhopaths", and "pssychopaths". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "psychopath", "psychopathic", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is psychopaths, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-A-T-H-S.
Definition
- 1plural of psychopath
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppsychopaths
- pscyhopaths
- pssychopaths
- psycchopaths
- psychhopaths
- psychoapths
- psychopahts
- psychopathhs
- psychopathss
- psychopatsh
- psychopatths
- psychoppaths
- psychoptahs
- psychpoaths
- psycohpaths
- psyhcopaths
- psyychopaths
- pyschopaths
- spychopaths
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychopaths - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psychopaths", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).