islamophobie

\is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\

/\is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\/ noun

The verdict

“islamophobie” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,399
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discrimination, aversion pour l’islam ; attitude hostile envers les musulmans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-islamophobie · islamophobie · French

islamophobie · rank #16,399 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,399
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH irruption

Nearest frequency peer: irruption (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « islamophobie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « islamophobie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

islamophobie vs islamophobe
92% similar
islamophobie vs islamophobes
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for islamophobie
PropertyValue
Headwordislamophobie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,399
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « islamophobie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).islamophobiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « irruption » (#16,398), « itinéraires » (#16,400), « Jedi » (#16,401). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « islamophobie » est au #16,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around islamophobie (IPA \is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,399 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Discrimination, aversion pour l’islam ; attitude hostile envers les musulmans.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for islamophobie, with forms such as "ilsamophobie", "isalmophobie", and "islammophobie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "islamophobe", "islamophobes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is islamophobie, spelled I-S-L-A-M-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discrimination, aversion pour l’islam ; attitude hostile envers les musulmans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une fois écartée la légende de l'invention du terme islamophobie par les mollahs iraniens (il a en fait été inventé par les orientalistes en 1910), on réalise que l'enjeu central est finalement celui de sa définition et de ses usages.
  2. Si on l’aborde d’un point de vue purement étymologique, l’islamophobie devrait désigner « la peur de l’islam ». Or les inventeurs, promoteurs et utilisateurs de ce terme l’emploient pour dénoncer la haine à l’égard des musulmans. Il est curieux que ce ne soit pas « musulmanophobie » et, plus largement, « racisme » qui l’aient emporté sur « islamophobie »,…

Synonyms

antimusulmanismemusulmanophobie

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsamophobie
  • isalmophobie
  • islammophobie
  • islamohpobie
  • islamophboie
  • islamophhobie
  • islamophobbie
  • islamophobei
  • islamophoibe
  • islamopohbie
  • islamopphobie
  • islampohobie
  • islaomphobie
  • isllamophobie
  • islmaophobie
  • isslamophobie
  • silamophobie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of islamophobie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilsamophobie2isalmophobie2islammophobie1islamohpobie2islamophboie2islamophhobie1islamophobbie1islamophobei2
Edit distance from "islamophobie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "islamophobie"?
"islamophobie" is spelled I-S-L-A-M-O-P-H-O-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\.
What does "islamophobie" mean?
As a noun, "islamophobie" means: Discrimination, aversion pour l’islam ; attitude hostile envers les musulmans.
What words are commonly confused with "islamophobie"?
"islamophobie" is commonly confused with "islamophobe", "islamophobes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "islamophobie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "islamophobie" is \is.la.mɔ.fɔ.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "islamophobie" come from?
"islamophobie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "islamophobie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list