algophilie
\al.ɡo.fi.li\
The verdict
“algophilie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recherche de la douleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-algophilie · algophilie · French
algophilie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | algophilie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ɡo.fi.li\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
algophilie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ɡo.fi.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recherche de la douleur.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for algophilie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is algophilie, spelled A-L-G-O-P-H-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Recherche de la douleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how algophilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La malade V. B. a présenté une algophilie sexuelle (piqûres qu’elle s’infligeait elle-même).
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.