aviophobie
\a.vjɔ.fɔ.bi\
The verdict
“aviophobie” 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) - Peur irraisonnée de prendre l’avion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aviophobie · aviophobie · French
aviophobie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | aviophobie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vjɔ.fɔ.bi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aviophobie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vjɔ.fɔ.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peur irraisonnée de prendre l’avion.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aviophobie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aviophobie, spelled A-V-I-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1Peur irraisonnée de prendre l’avion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aviophobie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Oh ! avoir peur de l'avion, c'est un phobie banale. Ça s'appelle aviophobie, aviatophobie, aérodromphobie ou ptéroméchanophobie. Il éclate de rire. — Et qu'est-on censé faire lorsqu'on souffre d’aviophobie, d’aviatophobie, d’aérodromphobie ou de ptéroméchanophobie ? — Ne te moque pas de mon savoir incommensurable sur les phobies, dis-je en lui donnant u…
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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.