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philia

phil·ia/ˈfɪ.li.ə/noun

philia is spelled P-H-I-L-I-A: 6 letters and 2 syllables (phil·ia). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, philia means “friendship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of philia is philias.

How many letters and syllables are in philia?

Letters6: P-H-I-L-I-A
Syllables2: phil·ia
In writingabout once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th 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 philia?

Philia appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 philia?

  • /ˈfɪ.li.ə/
  • /ˈfiː.li.ə/

Philia has 2 syllables, split phil·ia in writing.

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

Forms of philia

  • philias plural

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

What does philia mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    friendship

  2. 2

    liking

  3. 3

    a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

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

Philia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishfilia (liking), -filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards…)
French-philie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards…), philie (psychological disorder)
German-philie (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards…), Philie (psychological disorder)
Portuguese-filia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards…), filia (psychological disorder)

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 philia come from?

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía).

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

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