psycho
\psi.ko\
The verdict
“psycho” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,040 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,040
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.
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 | psycho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \psi.ko\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psycho” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for psycho is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \psi.ko\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,040 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Personne réformée (pour le service militaire) pour des raisons psychologiques.
Synonyms
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.
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.
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Using “psycho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-S-Y-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \psi.ko\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “psychose” - see the side-by-side comparison. psycho vs psychose
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.