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misophonia

/ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/noun

misophonia is spelled M-I-S-O-P-H-O-N-I-A: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misophonia means “A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in misophonia?

Letters10: M-I-S-O-P-H-O-N-I-A
In writingabout once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is misophonia?

Misophonia appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce misophonia?

  • /ˌmɪ.səˈfəʊ.ni.ə/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does misophonia mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A neurological disorder in which negative experiences, such as anger or disgust, are triggered by specific sounds.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does misophonia come from?

From miso- (“hatred”) + -phonia.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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