xénophobie

\ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\

/\ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“xénophobie” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,226
frequency rank, French
62
“X” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction ou sentiment de rejet des étrangers ou de ce qui provient de l’étranger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-xenophobie · xénophobie · French

xénophobie · rank #26,226 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,226
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 62
  • PHOTO-FINISH working

Nearest frequency peer: working (-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 « xénophobie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « xénophobie » 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).

xénophobie vs xénophobe
90% similar
xénophobie vs xénophobes
80% similar

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

Key facts for xénophobie
PropertyValue
Headwordxénophobie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,226
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « xénophobie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.xénophobiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « working » (#26,225), « yin » (#26,227), « Wind » (#26,224). Parmi 62 lemmes en « X », « xénophobie » est au #26,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around xénophobie (IPA \ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,226 among 62 “X” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for xénophobie, with forms such as "xenophobie", "xnéophobie", and "xxénophobie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "xénophobe", "xénophobes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is xénophobie, spelled X-É-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réaction ou sentiment de rejet des étrangers ou de ce qui provient de l’étranger.
  2. 2
    Haine des étrangers ou de ce qui provient de l’étranger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il se manifesta chez lui un revirement complet correspondant à une crise de mysticisme ou de xénophobie.
  2. Et les thèmes comme la grossophobie, la xénophobie ou le harcèlement sont amenés sans que le roman perde de son humour.

Synonyms

misoxéniexénofugie

Antonyms

xénophilie

This word in other languages

xenophobia(English)xenofobia(Español)Xenophobie(Deutsch)xenofobia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • xenophobie
  • xnéophobie
  • xxénophobie
  • xénnophobie
  • xénohpobie
  • xénophboie
  • xénophhobie
  • xénophobbie
  • xénophobei
  • xénophoibe
  • xénopohbie
  • xénopphobie
  • xénpohobie
  • xéonphobie
  • éxnophobie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xénophobie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

xenophobie1xnéophobie2xxénophobie1xénnophobie1xénohpobie2xénophboie2xénophhobie1xénophobbie1
Edit distance from "xénophobie"

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 "xénophobie"?
"xénophobie" is spelled X-É-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\.
What does "xénophobie" mean?
As a noun, "xénophobie" means: Réaction ou sentiment de rejet des étrangers ou de ce qui provient de l’étranger.
What words are commonly confused with "xénophobie"?
"xénophobie" is commonly confused with "xénophobe", "xénophobes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "xénophobie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "xénophobie" is \ɡze.nɔ.fɔ.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "xénophobie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list