francophile
\fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fil\
The verdict
“francophile” is uncommon French (frequency #50,224 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,224
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime la France, sa culture, son histoire et/ou son peuple.
Corpus desk
Index FR-francophile · francophile · French
francophile · rank #50,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,224
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fragilisée
Nearest frequency peer: fragilisée (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « francophile »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- foresterie
foresterie
49,781 corpus weight
- formol
formol
49,780 corpus weight
- fracturée
fracturée
49,779 corpus weight
- fragilisée
fragilisée
49,778 corpus weight
- francophile
francophile
49,777 corpus weight
- frigidaire
frigidaire
49,774 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « francophile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | francophile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fil\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,224 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « francophile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
francophile is uncommon French at frequency #50,224 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui aime la France, sa culture, son histoire et/ou son peuple.".
francophile doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is francophile, spelled F-R-A-N-C-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui aime la France, sa culture, son histoire et/ou son peuple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how francophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toilette du bataillon. Le barbier passe pour particulièrement francophile. Tout le monde va se raser chez lui.
[…] dans une rue proche de la Madeleine, où je la rencontrai en compagnie d’un diplomate balkanique, « grand francophile » à chapeau melon et élégance étriquée.
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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).