gynophobia
"gynophobia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gynophobia” 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) - Fear of or aversion to women or girls.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gynophobia · gynophobia · English
gynophobia · 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 "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 | gynophobia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gynophobia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gynophobia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fear of or aversion to women or girls.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gynophobia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gyno- + -phobia. The correct English form is gynophobia, spelled G-Y-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1Fear of or aversion to women or girls.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gynophobia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I fear both kinds. I must admit to gynophobia – the general fear of women – and, in particular, venustraphobia – the fear of beautiful women.
Etymology
From gyno- + -phobia.
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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.