Phobie

[foˈbiː]

/[foˈbiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Phobie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,137
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krankhafte Angst; krankhafte Furcht; eine unbegründete, anhaltende Angst vor Situationen, Gegenständen, Tätigkeiten oder Personen

Corpus desk

Index DE-phobie · Phobie · German

Phobie · rank #40,137 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,137
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pfote

Nearest frequency peer: Pfote (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Phobie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Phobie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

Phobie vs Probe
67% similar
Phobie vs Phone
67% similar
Phobie vs Phönix
50% similar

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

Key facts for Phobie
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhobie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[foˈbiː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,137
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Phobie“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Phobieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pfote“ (#40,136), „Pilates“ (#40,138), „pflegenden“ (#40,135). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Phobie“ bei #40,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Phobie (IPA [foˈbiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,137 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Phobie, with forms such as "hpobie", "phboie", and "phhobie". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Probe", "Phone", "Phönix", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Phobie, spelled P-H-O-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    krankhafte Angst; krankhafte Furcht; eine unbegründete, anhaltende Angst vor Situationen, Gegenständen, Tätigkeiten oder Personen
  2. 2
    Angst oder Abneigung jeglicher Art

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dank Dr. Freud konnte ich von meiner Phobie vor Spinnen geheilt werden.
  2. Nachts kann ich kein Auge zudrücken, denn ich habe eine Phobie vor Dunkelheit.

This word in other languages

phobia(English)fobia(Español)phobie(Français)fobia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpobie
  • phboie
  • phhobie
  • phobbie
  • phobei
  • phoibe
  • pohbie
  • pphobie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Phobie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hpobie2phboie2phhobie1phobbie1phobei2phoibe2pohbie2pphobie1
Edit distance from "Phobie"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Phobie"?
"Phobie" is spelled P-H-O-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [foˈbiː].
What does "Phobie" mean?
As a noun, "Phobie" means: krankhafte Angst; krankhafte Furcht; eine unbegründete, anhaltende Angst vor Situationen, Gegenständen, Tätigkeiten oder Personen
What words are commonly confused with "Phobie"?
"Phobie" is commonly confused with "Probe", "Phone", "Phönix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Phobie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Phobie" is [foˈbiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Phobie" come from?
"Phobie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sartre8 variantsMeeren8 variantsSherry8 variantstalks8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list