psicologia

noun

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The verdict

“psicologia” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,175
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais

Corpus desk

Index PT-psicologia · psicologia · Portuguese

psicologia · rank #4,175 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,175
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH retrato

Nearest frequency peer: retrato (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “psicologia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “psicologia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

psicologia vs psicológico
73% similar

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

Key facts for psicologia
PropertyValue
Headwordpsicologia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,175
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “psicologia”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).psicologiacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “retrato” (#4,178), “perseguição” (#4,170), “salva” (#4,180). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “psicologia” fica em #4,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around psicologia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,175 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for psicologia, with forms such as "piscologia", "ppsicologia", and "psciologia". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "psicológico", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Portuguese form is psicologia, spelled P-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A tecnologia já foi testada na Universidade de São Paulo (USP) em equipamentos para tratamento de crianças com deficiência física, em testes com urnas eletrônicas e também por um grupo de psicologia experimental que trabalhou com motricidade humana na Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), segundo informou Mammana.

This word in other languages

psychology(English)psicología(Español)psychologie(Français)Psychologie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • piscologia
  • ppsicologia
  • psciologia
  • psiccologia
  • psicloogia
  • psicolgoia
  • psicollogia
  • psicologai
  • psicologgia
  • psicoloiga
  • psicoolgia
  • psioclogia
  • pssicologia
  • spicologia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

piscologia2ppsicologia1psciologia2psiccologia1psicloogia2psicolgoia2psicollogia1psicologai2
Edit distance from "psicologia"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psicologia"?
"psicologia" is spelled P-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-A.
What does "psicologia" mean?
As a noun, "psicologia" means: ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais
What words are commonly confused with "psicologia"?
"psicologia" is commonly confused with "psicológico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "psicologia" come from?
"psicologia" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

libertação#4,243sobreviver#4,269espetáculo#4,065substituir#4,023

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

perseguição14 variantscomemoração14 variantscompletar14 variantscientífico14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list