fobia social

[ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal]

/[ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal]/ phrase

The verdict

“fobia social” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los encuentros sociales. Temor de ser rechazado, perseguido o evaluado, entre otras situaciones.

Key facts for fobia social
PropertyValue
Headwordfobia social
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “fobia social” sits in Spanish frequency

fobia social falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fobia social is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los encuentros sociales. Temor de ser rechazado, perseguido o evaluado, entre otras situaciones.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fobia social in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is fobia social, spelled F-O-B-I-A- -S-O-C-I-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los encuentros sociales. Temor de ser rechazado, perseguido o evaluado, entre otras situaciones.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fobia social"?
"fobia social" is spelled F-O-B-I-A- -S-O-C-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal].
What does "fobia social" mean?
As a phrase, "fobia social" means: Miedo irracional y enfermizo a los encuentros sociales. Temor de ser rechazado, perseguido o evaluado, entre otras situaciones.
How do you pronounce "fobia social"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fobia social" is [ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fobia social" come from?
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Using “fobia social”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-B-I-A- -S-O-C-I-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfoβ̞ja soˈsjal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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