childlover

noun

"childlover" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“childlover” 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) - A pedophile, hebephile, or ephebophile.

Corpus desk

Index EN-childlover · childlover · English

childlover · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for childlover
PropertyValue
Headwordchildlover
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “childlover” in English

childloversits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

childlover is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pedophile, hebephile, or ephebophile.".

No misspelling variants are generated for childlover in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From child + lover, a calque of Ancient Greek παιδοφίλης (paidophílēs). The correct English form is childlover, spelled C-H-I-L-D-L-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pedophile, hebephile, or ephebophile.

Etymology

From child + lover, a calque of Ancient Greek παιδοφίλης (paidophílēs).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "childlover"?
"childlover" is spelled C-H-I-L-D-L-O-V-E-R.
What does "childlover" mean?
As a noun, "childlover" means: A pedophile, hebephile, or ephebophile.
What is the origin of the word "childlover"?
From child + lover, a calque of Ancient Greek παιδοφίλης (paidophílēs). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list