-phob
[foːp]
The verdict
“-phob” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung: gegenüber einer Sache abweisend, abgeneigt oder eine Sache fürchtend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -phob |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [foːp] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-phob” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-phob is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [foːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung: gegenüber einer Sache abweisend, abgeneigt oder eine Sache fürchtend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for -phob in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is -phob, spelled --P-H-O-B.
Definition
- 1nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung: gegenüber einer Sache abweisend, abgeneigt oder eine Sache fürchtend
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “-phob”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is --P-H-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [foːp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.