cinephilia
"cinephilia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cinephilia” 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) - Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cinephilia · cinephilia · English
cinephilia · 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 "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 | cinephilia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cinephilia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cinephilia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cinephilia, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cine- + -philia. The correct English form is cinephilia, spelled C-I-N-E-P-H-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinephilia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Perhaps it is not cinema that has ended but only cinephilia—the name of the very specific kind of love that cinema inspired. Each art breeds its fanatics.
Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia.
Etymology
From cine- + -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.