# transphobia

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,973

## Definitions
1. Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people.
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.

## Etymology
From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia.

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

## Common misspellings (17)
`rtansphobia`, `tarnsphobia`, `trannsphobia`, `tranpshobia`, `transhpobia`, `transphboia`, `transphhobia`, `transphobai`, `transphobbia`, `transphoiba`, `transpohbia`, `transpphobia`, `transsphobia`, `trasnphobia`, `trnasphobia`, `trransphobia`, `ttransphobia`

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