# pedophilia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpiː.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/ · frequency rank #25,521

## Definitions
1. Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
2. Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.

## Etymology
Adapted from German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- (“child”) + -philia. Compare the Byzantine Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).

## Easily confused with
- **pedophile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pedophile-vs-pedophilia)

## Common misspellings (14)
`epdophilia`, `pdeophilia`, `peddophilia`, `pedohpilia`, `pedophhilia`, `pedophiila`, `pedophilai`, `pedophillia`, `pedophliia`, `pedopihlia`, `pedopphilia`, `pedpohilia`, `peodphilia`, `ppedophilia`

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