superego
/ˈsupɚˌiɡoʊ/
"superego" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superego” is uncommon English (frequency #70,305 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,305
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superego |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsupɚˌiɡoʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “superego” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
superego is uncommon English at frequency #70,305 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsupɚˌiɡoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for superego, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”). The correct English form is superego, spelled S-U-P-E-R-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
Etymology
From super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”).
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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Using “superego”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-E-R-E-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.