teleiophile
/tɛˈleɪ.əˌfaɪl/
"teleiophile" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teleiophile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is sexually attracted to adults.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teleiophile · teleiophile · English
teleiophile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teleiophile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɛˈleɪ.əˌfaɪl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teleiophile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teleiophile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɛˈleɪ.əˌfaɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is sexually attracted to adults.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for teleiophile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From teleio- + -phile. The correct English form is teleiophile, spelled T-E-L-E-I-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1A person who is sexually attracted to adults.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how teleiophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Of the remaining 428, 70 were classified as pedophiles, 225 as hebephiles, and 133 as teleiophiles.
Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile.
Etymology
From teleio- + -phile.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.