cinephile
/ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/
"cinephile" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cinephile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cinephile · cinephile · English
cinephile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cinephile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cinephile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cinephile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An enthusiast of films and the cinema.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cinephile 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile. The correct English form is cinephile, spelled C-I-N-E-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinephile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show
As a film-maker, [Quentin] Dupieux has elicited varying responses: in the US he is often dismissed as a dilettante, whereas in France he has been acclaimed a real-deal auteur, not least in revered cinephile journal Cahiers du Cinéma, which raved about his 2007 debut feature, Steak (“leaves us slack-jawed and wide-eyed”), and devoted a whole section to his…
Etymology
Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile.
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.