# homophobic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊ.bɪk/ · frequency rank #14,962

## Definitions
1. Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.
2. Inconvenient, annoying, irritating.
3. Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.

## Etymology
From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.

## Easily confused with
- **homophobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homophobe-vs-homophobic)
- **homophobia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homophobia-vs-homophobic)

## Common misspellings (15)
`hhomophobic`, `hmoophobic`, `hommophobic`, `homohpobic`, `homophboic`, `homophhobic`, `homophobbic`, `homophobci`, `homophobicc`, `homophoibc`, `homopohbic`, `homopphobic`, `hompohobic`, `hoomphobic`, `ohmophobic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/homophobic