psiquiatria
/psi.kjɐ.ˈtɾi.ɐ/
The verdict
“psiquiatria” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #17,621 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,621
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tratado das doenças e perturbações mentais e do seu tratamento
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 | psiquiatria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /psi.kjɐ.ˈtɾi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “psiquiatria” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for psiquiatria is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /psi.kjɐ.ˈtɾi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,621 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tratado das doenças e perturbações mentais e do seu tratamento".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for psiquiatria, with forms such as "pisquiatria", "ppsiquiatria", and "psiqiuatria". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "psiquiátrico", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is psiquiatria, spelled P-S-I-Q-U-I-A-T-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1tratado das doenças e perturbações mentais e do seu tratamento
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pisquiatria,ppsiquiatria,psiqiuatria,psiqquiatria,psiquaitria,psiquiartia,psiquiatira,psiquiatrai,psiquiatrria,psiquiattria,psiquitaria,psiuqiatria,psqiuiatria,pssiquiatria,spiquiatria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of psiquiatria - 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 “psiquiatria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-S-I-Q-U-I-A-T-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /psi.kjɐ.ˈtɾi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “psiquiátrico” - see the side-by-side comparison. psiquiatria vs psiquiátrico
- 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.