psychopharmacology
"psychopharmacology" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychopharmacology” is uncommon English (frequency #85,671 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,671
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychopharmacology · psychopharmacology · English
psychopharmacology · rank #85,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,671
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH psoriatic
Nearest frequency peer: psoriatic (-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.
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What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychopharmacology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychopharmacology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #85,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychopharmacology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychopharmacology is uncommon English at frequency #85,671 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.".
psychopharmacology has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + pharmacology. The correct English form is psychopharmacology, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-P-H-A-R-M-A-C-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.
Etymology
From psycho- + pharmacology.
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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