psicologia
The verdict
“psicologia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,175 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,175
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais
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 | psicologia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psicologia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for psicologia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,175 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1ramo da ciência que estuda a mente e os processos mentais, no que se relaciona ao comportamento do homem e de outros animais
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “psicologia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-S-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “psicológico” - see the side-by-side comparison. psicologia vs psicológico
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.