therapy
/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/noun, verb
therapy is spelled T-H-E-R-A-P-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, therapy means “Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of therapy is therapies.
How many letters and syllables are in therapy?
| Letters | 7: T-H-E-R-A-P-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 33 times per million words; the 2,888th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is therapy?
Therapy appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce therapy?
- /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/
- /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/
Therapy has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-therapy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of therapy
- therapies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- therapying participle, present
- therapied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does therapy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
inclined bed therapy
- 2
Specifically, psychotherapy.
- 3
Healing power or quality.
verb
- 1
rareTo treat with a therapy.
- 2
rareTo undergo a therapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Therapy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense treatment of disease:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.