-́fobo

[ˈ́foβ̞o]

/[ˈ́foβ̞o]/ suffix

The verdict

“-́fobo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elemento compositivo que significa "con aversión, repulsión o terror" a lo que indica la primera parte de la palabra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-fobo · -́fobo · Spanish

-́fobo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -́fobo
PropertyValue
Headword-́fobo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechSuffix
IPA[ˈ́foβ̞o]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “-́fobo” en español

-́foboestá más allá de las 100.000 formas más frecuentes del español, en la cola de léxico especializado o poco usado donde la duda ortográfica aprieta.

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

Rare enough to double-check

-́fobo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈ́foβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento compositivo que significa "con aversión, repulsión o terror" a lo que indica la primera parte de la palabra.".

No misspelling variants are generated for -́fobo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 -́fobo, spelled --́-F-O-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento compositivo que significa "con aversión, repulsión o terror" a lo que indica la primera parte de la palabra.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. xenófobo (con aversión a lo extranjero).

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-́fobo"?
"-́fobo" is spelled --́-F-O-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈ́foβ̞o].
What does "-́fobo" mean?
As a suffix, "-́fobo" means: Elemento compositivo que significa "con aversión, repulsión o terror" a lo que indica la primera parte de la palabra.
How do you pronounce "-́fobo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-́fobo" is [ˈ́foβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-́fobo" come from?
"-́fobo" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list