# schizophrenia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌskɪtsəˈfɹiniə/ · frequency rank #13,806

## Definitions
1. A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
2. A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
3. Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.

## Etymology
From German Schizophrenie (coined by Eugen Bleuler), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + English -ia. A combination of schizo- + -phrenia.

## Easily confused with
- **schizophrenic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schizophrenia-vs-schizophrenic)

## Common misspellings (20)
`cshizophrenia`, `scchizophrenia`, `schhizophrenia`, `schiozphrenia`, `schizohprenia`, `schizophernia`, `schizophhrenia`, `schizophreina`, `schizophrenai`, `schizophrennia`, `schizophrneia`, `schizophrrenia`, `schizopphrenia`, `schizoprhenia`, `schizpohrenia`, `schizzophrenia`, `schziophrenia`, `scihzophrenia`, `shcizophrenia`, `sschizophrenia`

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