genophobe
"genophobe" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genophobe” 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) - A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse
Corpus desk
Index EN-genophobe · genophobe · English
genophobe · 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 "G" 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 | genophobe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “genophobe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
genophobe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse".
genophobe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From geno- + -phobe. The correct English form is genophobe, spelled G-E-N-O-P-H-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genophobe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Genophobes have been informed about the birds and the bees, but they don’t like (or aren’t cocksure about) what they’ve heard and tend to go catatonic when beyond the platonic.
Like what happens when the genophobes try to censor video rental stores. THEN people get outraged. And say fuck off.
Etymology
From geno- + -phobe.
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.