psychosis
psych·o·sis/saɪˈkoʊsɪs/noun
psychosis is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-I-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables (psych·o·sis). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psychosis means “A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psychosis is psychoses.
How many letters and syllables are in psychosis?
| Letters | 9: P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: psych·o·sis |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is psychosis?
Psychosis appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce psychosis?
- UK /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
- US /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/
Psychosis has 3 syllables, split psych·o·sis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-psychosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with psychosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as psychosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
- neurosis
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of psychosis
- psychoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mental disorder:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psychosis come from?
From psych- + -osis. Not descended from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”), which is a piecewise cognate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).