necrophilia
/nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/noun
necrophilia is spelled N-E-C-R-O-P-H-I-L-I-A: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, necrophilia means “A pathological attraction to dead bodies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of necrophilia is necrophilias.
How many letters and syllables are in necrophilia?
| Letters | 11: N-E-C-R-O-P-H-I-L-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is necrophilia?
Necrophilia appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 necrophilia?
- UK /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
- US /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
- US /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-necrophilia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with necrophilia?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as necrophilia from its last stressed vowel (/ɪliə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of necrophilia
- necrophilias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does necrophilia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
- 2
Sexual activity with corpses.
- 3
A pathological fascination with death.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Necrophilia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pathological attraction to dead bodies:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nécrophilie |
| German | Nekrophilie |
| Portuguese | necrofilia |
| Spanish | necrofilia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does necrophilia come from?
From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).