psychotherapeutic
adjective
psychotherapeutic is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T-I-C: 17 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, psychotherapeutic means “Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in psychotherapeutic?
| Letters | 17: P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is psychotherapeutic?
Psychotherapeutic appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th 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 psychotherapeutic?
Psychotherapeutic has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of psychotherapeutic
- more psychotherapeutic comparative
- most psychotherapeutic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psychotherapeutic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy)
- 2
Cathartic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psychotherapeutic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to psychotherapy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | psychothérapeutique |
| German | psychotherapeutisch |
| Spanish | psicoterapéutico |
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 psychotherapeutic come from?
From psycho- + therapeutic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).