psychologue

\psi.ko.lɔɡ\

/\psi.ko.lɔɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“psychologue” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,226
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Professionnel spécialisé en psychologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-psychologue · psychologue · French

psychologue · rank #9,226 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,226
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH préoccupation

Nearest frequency peer: préoccupation (-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 « psychologue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « psychologue » 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).

psychologue vs psychologues
92% similar
psychologue vs Psychologie
82% similar
psychologue vs psychologique
85% similar

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

Key facts for psychologue
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychologue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\psi.ko.lɔɡ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,226
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « psychologue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).psychologuese 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 « préoccupation » (#9,225), « pédagogie » (#9,227), « précisions » (#9,224). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « psychologue » est au #9,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around psychologue (IPA \psi.ko.lɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,226 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychologue, with forms such as "ppsychologue", "pscyhologue", and "pssychologue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "psychologues", "Psychologie", "psychologique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is psychologue, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Professionnel spécialisé en psychologie.
  2. 2
    Celui qui a une grande connaissance du comportement humain.
  3. 3
    Celui qui sait se rendre compte des sentiments d’autrui.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’homme a inventé les dieux et il a créé l’amour avec son cortège de sensibleries ridicules ou criminelles. L’amour a donné naissance au poète, puis au psychologue et, pour couronner l’humaine sottise, à cet enfonceur de portes ouvertes qui s’est baptisé psychanalyste — le paladin du refoulement et l'écuyer servant la Haute Dame Libido.
  2. Je me suis amusé à rechercher comment, tel journaliste sérieux et compétent, tel historien, tel psychologue, avaient pu reprendre à leur compte la fable du 80%; chacun en fait la répétait pour l’avoir trop souvent lue.

This word in other languages

psychologist(English)psicólogo(Español)Menschenkenner(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychologue
  • pscyhologue
  • pssychologue
  • psycchologue
  • psychhologue
  • psychloogue
  • psycholgoue
  • psychollogue
  • psychologeu
  • psychologgue
  • psycholouge
  • psychoolgue
  • psycohlogue
  • psyhcologue
  • psyychologue
  • pyschologue
  • spychologue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psychologue - 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.

ppsychologue1pscyhologue2pssychologue1psycchologue1psychhologue1psychloogue2psycholgoue2psychollogue1
Edit distance from "psychologue"

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 "psychologue"?
"psychologue" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \psi.ko.lɔɡ\.
What does "psychologue" mean?
As a noun, "psychologue" means: Professionnel spécialisé en psychologie.
What words are commonly confused with "psychologue"?
"psychologue" is commonly confused with "psychologues", "Psychologie", "psychologique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psychologue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychologue" is \psi.ko.lɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychologue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prestigieux#9,220respectueux#9,234massivement#9,194interaction#9,180

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

valorisation17 variantsbénédiction17 variantsindifférence17 variantsinfractions17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list