androphilia
/ˌæn.dɹəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
"androphilia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“androphilia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A love of or sexual attraction to men or masculinity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-androphilia · androphilia · English
androphilia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | androphilia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæn.dɹəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “androphilia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
androphilia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæn.dɹəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A love of or sexual attraction to men or masculinity.".
androphilia has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From andro- + -philia. The correct English form is androphilia, spelled A-N-D-R-O-P-H-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1A love of or sexual attraction to men or masculinity.
Etymology
From andro- + -philia.
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.