pedophile
[ˈpʰɛ.ɾəˌfaɪ̯ɫ]noun
pedophile is spelled P-E-D-O-P-H-I-L-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pedophile means “An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pedophile is pedophiles.
How many letters and syllables are in pedophile?
| Letters | 9: P-E-D-O-P-H-I-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pedophile?
Pedophile appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 pedophile?
- UK /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/
- US [ˈpʰɛ.ɾəˌfaɪ̯ɫ]
- US [ˈpʰɛ.ɾoʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯ɫ]
Pedophile has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-paedophile.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-pedophile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pedophile?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pedophile from its last stressed vowel (/idəfaɪl/, British pronunciation):
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 pedophile
- pedophiles plural
- paedophile UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pedophile mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
- 2
USderogatoryAn adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.
- 3
USderogatorynonstandardA consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate pedophile?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of pedophile: PDP.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pedophile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an adult who is sexually attracted to children:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pédophile |
| German | Pädophiler, Pädophile |
| Portuguese | pedófilo, pedófila |
| Spanish | pedófilo, pedófila |
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.