zoophile
/ˈzəʊ.ə.faɪl/
"zoophile" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zoophile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person sexually attracted to non-human animals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zoophile · zoophile · English
zoophile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zoophile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzəʊ.ə.faɪl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zoophile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zoophile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzəʊ.ə.faɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
zoophile doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From zoo- + -phile. The correct English form is zoophile, spelled Z-O-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1A person sexually attracted to non-human animals.
- 2A person who in their ethical propositions puts animals on a level with humans.
- 3A furry (member of the furry fandom)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zoophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is not, after all, the 'anti-speciesist', the 'animal liberationist', the radical zoophile who 'attributes a mystical persona' to animals. We simply say that if it is wrong to cause avoidable distress then it is wrong to torture, enslave and kill creatures not of our species for our own, frequently trivial, profit.
[…] the process theist may not regard the killing of non-human animals for food or other reasons as generally acceptable. Call the process thinker who regards the killing of non-human animals for food as (usually) morally wrong a zoophile. Even if the zoophile regards human beings as more capable of experience and insight than another animals, and as ther…
Etymology
From zoo- + -phile.
This word in other languages
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.