homophile

\o.mo.fil\

/\o.mo.fil\/ adj

The verdict

“homophile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une relation entre des personnes qui partagent des points communs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-homophile · homophile · French

homophile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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 homophile
PropertyValue
Headwordhomophile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\o.mo.fil\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « homophile » en français

homophilesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

homophile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \o.mo.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for homophile in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is homophile, spelled H-O-M-O-P-H-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une relation entre des personnes qui partagent des points communs.
  2. 2
    Homosexuel.
  3. 3
    [En parlant d’une personne] Qui a de la sympathie ou de la bienveillance pour les personnes homosexuelles.
  4. 4
    [En parlant d’un animal] Qui a une attirance pathologique pour les êtres humains.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mouvement homophile.
  2. — Il y a des vétérinaires psychiatres, dis-je, on met la truie sur un divan… — Une truie sur un divan ? Vous voyez ça ? — Et tant qu’à faire, pour le chien, il vous fera un prix. — Ça réussit toujours ces trucs, dit le second. — C’est vrai, y en a qui deviennent homophiles, dit le troisième.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homophile"?
"homophile" is spelled H-O-M-O-P-H-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o.mo.fil\.
What does "homophile" mean?
As an adjective, "homophile" means: Qualifie une relation entre des personnes qui partagent des points communs.
How do you pronounce "homophile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homophile" is \o.mo.fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homophile" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list