psicosis

/[siˈkosis]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,194

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

psicosis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Enfermedad mental caracterizada por síntomas como delirios o alucinaciones, perdida de contacto con la realidad. Pronounced [siˈkosis].

Key facts for psicosis
PropertyValue
Headwordpsicosis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[siˈkosis]
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,194
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of psicosis in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for psicosis is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈkosis]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,194 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for psicosis, with forms such as "pcicocis", "piscosis", and "ppsicosis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is psicosis, spelled P-S-I-C-O-S-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfermedad mental caracterizada por síntomas como delirios o alucinaciones, perdida de contacto con la realidad.
  2. 2
    Enfermedad mental severa como la esquizofrenia o la paranoia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pcicocis,piscosis,ppsicosis,psciosis,psiccosis,psicoiss,psicosiss,psicossi,psicossis,psicsois,psiocsis,pssicosis,spicosis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for psicosis

Misspelling Variants of "psicosis"

pcicocis8piscosis8ppsicosis9psciosis8psiccosis9psicoiss8psicosiss9psicossi8
Misspelling Variants of "psicosis"

Frequency rank: #23,194 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psicosis"?
"psicosis" is spelled P-S-I-C-O-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈkosis].
What does "psicosis" mean?
As a noun, "psicosis" means: Enfermedad mental caracterizada por síntomas como delirios o alucinaciones, perdida de contacto con la realidad.
What are common misspellings of "psicosis"?
Common misspellings include "pcicocis", "piscosis", "ppsicosis", "psciosis", "psiccosis". The correct spelling is "psicosis".
How do you pronounce "psicosis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psicosis" is [siˈkosis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psicosis" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.