photophobie
\fo.to.fɔ.bi\
The verdict
“photophobie” 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 May 6, 2026) - Crainte de la lumière ; aversion pour la lumière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-photophobie · photophobie · French
photophobie · 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 "P" 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 | photophobie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.to.fɔ.bi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photophobie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
photophobie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.to.fɔ.bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crainte de la lumière ; aversion pour la lumière.".
Zero misspellings are on record for photophobie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is photophobie, spelled P-H-O-T-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1Crainte de la lumière ; aversion pour la lumière.
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