francophobe
\fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fɔb\
The verdict
“francophobe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui hait les Français, la France et les choses de France ou ce qui s’y rapporte de près ou de loin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-francophobe · francophobe · French
francophobe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | francophobe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fɔb\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « francophobe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
francophobe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fɔb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui hait les Français, la France et les choses de France ou ce qui s’y rapporte de près ou de loin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for francophobe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is francophobe, spelled F-R-A-N-C-O-P-H-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Qui hait les Français, la France et les choses de France ou ce qui s’y rapporte de près ou de loin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how francophobe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’autres encore affirmaient que son départ n’était qu’une manœuvre destinée à sauver la face, à faire croire à la population qu’il était le prisonnier de la France et à fomenter ainsi un mouvement francophobe.
L’opinion publique italienne ne fut pas informée de ces contacts, mais la presse transalpine publia dans les jours précédant l’entrée en guerre de nombreux articles très francophobes.
Synonyms
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.