gynophobia

noun

"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

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

Long-tail rank of “gynophobia” in English

gynophobiafalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    Fear of or aversion to women or girls.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gynophobia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Synonyms

femiphobiafeminophobia

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gynophobia"?
"gynophobia" is spelled G-Y-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-A.
What does "gynophobia" mean?
As a noun, "gynophobia" means: Fear of or aversion to women or girls.
What is the origin of the word "gynophobia"?
From gyno- + -phobia. 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