pseud vs pseudo

pseud

noun

  • An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur. 

  • Pseudomonas bacteria. 

  • A pseudonym. 

pseudo

noun

  • An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 

  • pseudo-city code 

  • A poseur; one who is fake. 

  • A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 

adj

  • Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. 

  • Insincere. 

How often have the words pseud and pseudo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )