photophobia
noun
photophobia is spelled P-H-O-T-O-P-H-O-B-I-A: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photophobia means “Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photophobia is photophobias.
How many letters and syllables are in photophobia?
| Letters | 11: P-H-O-T-O-P-H-O-B-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 photophobia?
Photophobia appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th 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 photophobia?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-photophobia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of photophobia
- photophobias plural
- photophobism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photophobia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- 2
An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photophobia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excessive sensitivity to light:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | photophobie |
| German | Photophobia |
| Portuguese | fotofobia |
| Spanish | fotofobia |
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 photophobia come from?
From photo- + -phobia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).