transphobia

noun

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"transphobia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“transphobia” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,973
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people.

Corpus desk

Index EN-transphobia · transphobia · English

transphobia · rank #47,973 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,973
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH transfigurati…

Nearest frequency peer: transfiguration (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “transphobia”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “transphobia” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

transphobia vs transphobic
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for transphobia
PropertyValue
Headwordtransphobia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#47,973
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “transphobia”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).transphobialands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “transfiguration” (#47,972), “trellis” (#47,974), “trafficker” (#47,970). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “transphobia” is #47,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around transphobia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,973 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for transphobia, with forms such as "rtansphobia", "tarnsphobia", and "trannsphobia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transphobic", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia. The correct English form is transphobia, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-H-O-B-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people.
  2. 2
    The preference of pairs of high-trans effect soft ligands to avoid being mutually trans by becoming cis and having other low-trans effect hard ligands trans to themselves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how transphobia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It is not really a debate about privacy and personal safety versus politics, so much as an impulse towards pride and a rejection of internalized transphobia.
  2. In this case, transphobia is represented in Pollock's terms as both the "condition and the effect" of Cameron's social existence.

Etymology

From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia.

Synonyms

cissexismtransphobiatransprejudice

Antonyms

transphiliacisphobia

This word in other languages

transfobia(Español)transphobie(Français)Transphobie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansphobia
  • tarnsphobia
  • trannsphobia
  • tranpshobia
  • transhpobia
  • transphboia
  • transphhobia
  • transphobai
  • transphobbia
  • transphoiba
  • transpohbia
  • transpphobia
  • transsphobia
  • trasnphobia
  • trnasphobia
  • trransphobia
  • ttransphobia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transphobia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtansphobia2tarnsphobia2trannsphobia1tranpshobia2transhpobia2transphboia2transphhobia1transphobai2
Edit distance from "transphobia"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transphobia"?
"transphobia" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-H-O-B-I-A.
What does "transphobia" mean?
As a noun, "transphobia" means: Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people.
What words are commonly confused with "transphobia"?
"transphobia" is commonly confused with "transphobic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "transphobia"?
From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transphobia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unflinching#47,987uninhibited#47,988unprocessed#47,992tachycardia#47,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

tryptophan17 variantstypescript17 variantsunderstaffed17 variantssmokescreen17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list