psychotherapist
"psychotherapist" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychotherapist” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,405 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,405
- frequency rank, English
- 15
- letters
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone who practices psychotherapy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychotherapist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #40,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psychotherapist” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for psychotherapist is 15 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,405 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Someone who practices psychotherapy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychotherapist, with forms such as "ppsychotherapist", "pscyhotherapist", and "pssychotherapist". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + therapist or psychotherapy + -ist. The correct English form is psychotherapist, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Someone who practices psychotherapy.
Etymology
From psycho- + therapist or psychotherapy + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppsychotherapist,pscyhotherapist,pssychotherapist,psycchotherapist,psychhotherapist,psychohterapist,psychotehrapist,psychothearpist,psychotheraipst,psychotherapisst,psychotherapistt,psychotherapits,psychotherappist,psychotherapsit,psychotherpaist,psychotherrapist,psychothherapist,psychothreapist,psychottherapist,psychtoherapist,psycohtherapist,psyhcotherapist,psyychotherapist,pyschotherapist,spychotherapist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychotherapist - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “psychotherapist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.