hydrophobie
\i.dʁɔ.fɔ.bi\
The verdict
“hydrophobie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Peur morbide de l'eau et des autres liquides, aquaphobie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hydrophobie · hydrophobie · French
hydrophobie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrophobie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dʁɔ.fɔ.bi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hydrophobie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hydrophobie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁɔ.fɔ.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hydrophobie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hydrophobie, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1Peur morbide de l'eau et des autres liquides, aquaphobie.
- 2Maladie de la rage.
- 3Caractéristique de composants ne pouvant se lier aux molécules d’eau.
- 4Caractéristique des matériaux qui semblent repousser l’eau, des matériaux non mouillables.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hydrophobie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’hydrophobie avait sans doute atteint sa dernière période chez tous les Bretons venus à l’assemblée, car, malgré ses vertus mirifiques, ils laissaient le ruisseau désert entre les deux vieilles femmes qui le gardaient.
L'hydrophobie est un symptôme de la rage.
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.