psychosomatic
/ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/
"psychosomatic" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychosomatic” is uncommon English (frequency #50,748 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,748
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to both the mind and the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychosomatic · psychosomatic · English
psychosomatic · rank #50,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,748
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH psychotropic
Nearest frequency peer: psychotropic (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “psychosomatic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pronounceme…
pronouncement
49,259 corpus weight
- prowler
prowler
49,257 corpus weight
- PSE
PSE
49,255 corpus weight
- psychosomat…
psychosomatic
49,253 corpus weight
- psychotropic
psychotropic
49,252 corpus weight
- quantization
quantization
49,248 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “psychosomatic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychosomatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychosomatic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychosomatic is uncommon English at frequency #50,748 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
psychosomatic has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + somatic. The correct English form is psychosomatic, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-O-M-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to both the mind and the body.
- 2Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how psychosomatic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even the “unconscious” frequently prefers physical problems to psychological ones as suggested by the prevalence of psychosomatic ailments: physical symptoms--for example, stomach aches--caused by an emotional problem. It has been estimated that more than 50% of a physicians’ practice involves the treatment of psychosomatic complaints.
Etymology
From psycho- + somatic.
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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