psychothérapeute

\psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\

/\psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\/ noun

The verdict

“psychothérapeute” has 26 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,474
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords
26
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médecin ou personne (non diplômée de la faculté de médecine) spécialisé dans la thérapeutique du psychique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-psychotherapeute · psychothérapeute · French

psychothérapeute · rank #41,474 · 26 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,474
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 26 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 248,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychisme

Nearest frequency peer: psychisme (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “psychothérapeute”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “psychothérapeute” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for psychothérapeute
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychothérapeute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\
Letters16
Frequency rank#41,474
Misspellings tracked26
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “psychothérapeute” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). psychothérapeute lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 26 spelling variants around psychothérapeute (IPA \psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,474 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Médecin ou personne (non diplômée de la faculté de médecine) spécialisé dans la thérapeutique du psychique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for psychothérapeute, with forms such as "ppsychothérapeute", "pscyhothérapeute", and "pssychothérapeute". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is psychothérapeute, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-É-R-A-P-E-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médecin ou personne (non diplômée de la faculté de médecine) spécialisé dans la thérapeutique du psychique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je n’avais pas voulu prendre ces lettres de menaces au sérieux… Pas au sérieux, non plus, les conseils de quelques amis médecins qui m’avaient suggéré de faire suivre Julie par un psychothérapeute…
  2. Lucile était suivie par un psychiatre qui lui prescrivait les médicaments et un psychothérapeute qu’elle voyait deux fois par semaine, avec lequel elle avait entrepris un travail au long cours, dont les séances se heurtaient à son mutisme. Lucile n’avait rien à dire.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppsychothérapeute
  • pscyhothérapeute
  • pssychothérapeute
  • psycchothérapeute
  • psychhothérapeute
  • psychohtérapeute
  • psychotherapeute
  • psychothhérapeute
  • psychothréapeute
  • psychothéarpeute
  • psychothéraepute
  • psychothérapetue
  • psychothérapeuet
  • psychothérapeutte
  • psychothérappeute
  • psychothérapuete
  • psychothérpaeute
  • psychothérrapeute
  • psychotthérapeute
  • psychotéhrapeute
  • psychtohérapeute
  • psycohthérapeute
  • psyhcothérapeute
  • psyychothérapeute
  • pyschothérapeute
  • spychothérapeute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ppsychothérapeute1pscyhothérapeute2pssychothérapeute1psycchothérapeute1psychhothérapeute1psychohtérapeute2psychotherapeute1psychothhérapeute1
Edit distance from "psychothérapeute"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psychothérapeute"?
"psychothérapeute" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-H-É-R-A-P-E-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\.
What does "psychothérapeute" mean?
As a noun, "psychothérapeute" means: Médecin ou personne (non diplômée de la faculté de médecine) spécialisé dans la thérapeutique du psychique.
What are common misspellings of "psychothérapeute"?
Common misspellings include "ppsychothérapeute", "pscyhothérapeute", "pssychothérapeute", "psycchothérapeute", "psychhothérapeute". The correct spelling is "psychothérapeute".
How do you pronounce "psychothérapeute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychothérapeute" is \psi.ko.te.ʁa.pøt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychothérapeute" come from?
"psychothérapeute" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (26 here; floor ≥5).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list