agorafobia

[aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja]

/[aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja]/ noun

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The verdict

“agorafobia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,708 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,708
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los espacios abiertos.

Key facts for agorafobia
PropertyValue
Headwordagorafobia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,708
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “agorafobia” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). agorafobia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agorafobia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,708 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los espacios abiertos.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for agorafobia in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is agorafobia, spelled A-G-O-R-A-F-O-B-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los espacios abiertos.

This word in other languages

agoraphobia(English)agoraphobie(Français)Agoraphobie(Deutsch)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agorafobia"?
"agorafobia" is spelled A-G-O-R-A-F-O-B-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja].
What does "agorafobia" mean?
As a noun, "agorafobia" means: Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los espacios abiertos.
How do you pronounce "agorafobia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agorafobia" is [aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agorafobia" come from?
"agorafobia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “agorafobia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-G-O-R-A-F-O-B-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aɣ̞oɾaˈfoβ̞ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list