# psychotherapy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/ · frequency rank #21,034

## Definitions
1. The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.

## Etymology
From psycho- + therapy.

## Common misspellings (22)
`ppsychotherapy`, `pscyhotherapy`, `pssychotherapy`, `psycchotherapy`, `psychhotherapy`, `psychohterapy`, `psychotehrapy`, `psychothearpy`, `psychotherappy`, `psychotherapyy`, `psychotherayp`, `psychotherpay`, `psychotherrapy`, `psychothherapy`, `psychothreapy`, `psychottherapy`, `psychtoherapy`, `psycohtherapy`, `psyhcotherapy`, `psyychotherapy`, `pyschotherapy`, `spychotherapy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/psychotherapy