psiquiatría

[sikjaˈt̪ɾia]

/[sikjaˈt̪ɾia]/ noun

The verdict

“psiquiatría” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,359
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciencia que estudia las enfermedades mentales.

Corpus desk

Index ES-psiquiatria · psiquiatría · Spanish

psiquiatría · rank #18,359 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,359
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH proyectiles

Nearest frequency peer: proyectiles (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “psiquiatría”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “psiquiatría” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

psiquiatría vs psiquiátrico
67% similar
psiquiatría vs psiquiátrica
75% similar
psiquiatría vs psiquiatra
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for psiquiatría
PropertyValue
Headwordpsiquiatría
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sikjaˈt̪ɾia]
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,359
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “psiquiatría”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).psiquiatríacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “proyectiles” (#18,358), “publicitarios” (#18,360), “protectores” (#18,357). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “psiquiatría” va en #18,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around psiquiatría (IPA [sikjaˈt̪ɾia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,359 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciencia que estudia las enfermedades mentales.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for psiquiatría, with forms such as "pciquiatría", "pisquiatría", and "ppsiquiatría". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "psiquiátrico", "psiquiátrica", "psiquiatra", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is psiquiatría, spelled P-S-I-Q-U-I-A-T-R-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciencia que estudia las enfermedades mentales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how psiquiatría appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Por último, terminamos con un apéndice destinado a la consideración de Instituciones de psiquiatría más conocidas a reseña bibliográfica para los que deseen ampliar estos estudios y a una conclusión, producto de nuestro parecer, en cuanto a lo que creemos debe hacerse en España».
  2. «También la Psiquiatría admite otras alteraciones, que bajo la denominación de psicomaquias son producidas por emociones violentas, hecatombes, terror, etc., predominantes en ciertos temperamentos».

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pciquiatría
  • pisquiatría
  • ppsiquiatría
  • psiqiuatría
  • psiqquiatría
  • psiquaitría
  • psiquiartía
  • psiquiatraí
  • psiquiatrría
  • psiquiattría
  • psiquiatíra
  • psiquitaría
  • psiuqiatría
  • psqiuiatría
  • pssiquiatría
  • spiquiatría

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psiquiatría - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pciquiatría1pisquiatría2ppsiquiatría1psiqiuatría2psiqquiatría1psiquaitría2psiquiartía2psiquiatraí2
Edit distance from "psiquiatría"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psiquiatría"?
"psiquiatría" is spelled P-S-I-Q-U-I-A-T-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sikjaˈt̪ɾia].
What does "psiquiatría" mean?
As a noun, "psiquiatría" means: Ciencia que estudia las enfermedades mentales.
What words are commonly confused with "psiquiatría"?
"psiquiatría" is commonly confused with "psiquiátrico", "psiquiátrica", "psiquiatra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psiquiatría"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psiquiatría" is [sikjaˈt̪ɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psiquiatría" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psiquiatría", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list