acrophobia
"acrophobia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acrophobia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
Corpus desk
Index EN-acrophobia · acrophobia · English
acrophobia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acrophobia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acrophobia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acrophobia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level".
acrophobia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From acro- + -phobia. The correct English form is acrophobia, spelled A-C-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acrophobia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You know, being elevated to the position of Chairman has given me rather a bad attack of acrophobia.
But it's no place for anyone with acrophobia, what with its myriad drop-offs and switchbacks.
Etymology
From acro- + -phobia.
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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.