psychopathy
/saɪˈkɒpəθi/
"psychopathy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychopathy” is uncommon English (frequency #53,793 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,793
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Viole...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychopathy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /saɪˈkɒpəθi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psychopathy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
psychopathy is uncommon English at frequency #53,793 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /saɪˈkɒpəθi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
psychopathy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + -pathy. The correct English form is psychopathy, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-A-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
- 2A mental illness; insanity.
Etymology
From psycho- + -pathy.
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 “psychopathy”
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-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /saɪˈkɒpəθi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.