psycho

\psi.ko\

/\psi.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“psycho” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,040
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-psycho · psycho · French

psycho · rank #13,040 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,040
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH préférences

Nearest frequency peer: préférences (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « psycho »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « psycho » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

psycho vs psychose
75% similar

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

Key facts for psycho
PropertyValue
Headwordpsycho
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\psi.ko\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,040
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « psycho »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).psychose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « préférences » (#13,039), « pts » (#13,041), « protestations » (#13,038). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « psycho » est au #13,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around psycho (IPA \psi.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,040 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for psycho, with forms such as "ppsycho", "pscyho", and "pssycho". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "psychose", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is psycho, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.

Synonyms

P4

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsycho
  • pscyho
  • pssycho
  • psyccho
  • psychho
  • psycoh
  • psyhco
  • psyycho
  • pyscho
  • spycho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psycho - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ppsycho1pscyho2pssycho1psyccho1psychho1psycoh2psyhco2psyycho1
Edit distance from "psycho"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psycho"?
"psycho" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is \psi.ko\.
What does "psycho" mean?
As a noun, "psycho" means: Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.
What words are commonly confused with "psycho"?
"psycho" is commonly confused with "psychose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psycho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psycho" is \psi.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psycho" come from?
"psycho" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quotas#13,044perdez#13,031odeurs#13,022serein#13,061

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

preneur10 variantsprenais10 variantsrigoles10 variantssaveurs10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list