psychotrope

\psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\

/\psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“psychotrope” is uncommon French (frequency #67,031 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,031
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance chimique qui agit principalement sur l’état du système nerveux central et y induit des modifications de la perception, des sensations, de l’humeur, de la conscience ou d’autres fonctions ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-psychotrope · psychotrope · French

psychotrope · rank #67,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,031
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH psst

Nearest frequency peer: psst (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « psychotrope »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « psychotrope » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psychotrope
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychotrope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « psychotrope » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.psychotropetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « psst » (#67,030), « prétendons » (#67,029), « Puigdemont » (#67,033). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « psychotrope » est au #67,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychotrope is uncommon French at frequency #67,031 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance chimique qui agit principalement sur l’état du système nerveux central et y induit des modifications de la perception, des sensations, de l’humeur, de la conscience ou d’autres fonctions ...".

psychotrope doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 psychotrope, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-R-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance chimique qui agit principalement sur l’état du système nerveux central et y induit des modifications de la perception, des sensations, de l’humeur, de la conscience ou d’autres fonctions psychologiques et comportementales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Selon des résultats recueillis par l’Institut national de veille sanitaire auprès de 3000 salariés, 24 % des hommes et 37 % des femmes reconnaissent souffrir d’un mal-être psychique, 8 % consomment des psychotropes.
  2. Il faut imaginer un hôpital psychiatrique avant l’arrivée des premiers psychotropes. C’était beaucoup d’agitation, on essayait de parer au plus pressé, de réduire les délires.

Synonyms

stupéfiantstup

This word in other languages

Psychotrop(Deutsch)

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 "psychotrope"?
"psychotrope" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-R-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\.
What does "psychotrope" mean?
As a noun, "psychotrope" means: Substance chimique qui agit principalement sur l’état du système nerveux central et y induit des modifications de la perception, des sensations, de l’humeur, de la conscience ou d’autres fonctions ...
How do you pronounce "psychotrope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychotrope" is \psi.kɔ.tʁɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychotrope" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list