psicología
[sikoloˈxia]
The verdict
“psicología” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,453 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,453
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte de la filosofía en la que se trata el estudio del alma.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psicología |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sikoloˈxia] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psicología” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for psicología is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sikoloˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,453 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for psicología, with forms such as "pcicología", "piscología", and "ppsicología". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "psicólogo", "psicólogos", "psicológico", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is psicología, spelled P-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Parte de la filosofía en la que se trata el estudio del alma.
- 2Todo lo que atañe al espíritu.
- 3Manera de sentir de una persona o de un grupo de gente.
- 4Ciencia referente al estudio de los procesos mentales y el comportamiento.
- 5Prudencia y tacto en el trato a las personas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pcicología,piscología,ppsicología,psciología,psiccología,psicloogía,psicolgoía,psicollogía,psicologaí,psicologgía,psicoloíga,psicoolgía,psioclogía,pssicología,spicología
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psicología - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “psicología”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sikoloˈxia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “psicólogo” - see the side-by-side comparison. psicología vs psicólogo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.