# therapeutic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ · frequency rank #8,993

## Definitions
1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

## Etymology
From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`hterapeutic`, `tehrapeutic`, `thearpeutic`, `theraeputic`, `therapetuic`, `therapeuitc`, `therapeutci`, `therapeuticc`, `therapeuttic`, `therappeutic`, `therapuetic`, `therpaeutic`, `therrapeutic`, `thherapeutic`, `threapeutic`, `ttherapeutic`

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