xérophile

\ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\

/\ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\/ adj

The verdict

“xérophile” 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) - Qui vit dans des milieux très pauvres en eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-xerophile · xérophile · French

xérophile · 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 "X" 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 xérophile
PropertyValue
Headwordxérophile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « xérophile » en français

xérophilesiège 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

xérophile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui vit dans des milieux très pauvres en eau.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for xérophile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is xérophile, spelled X-É-R-O-P-H-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vit dans des milieux très pauvres en eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur les entassements rocheux […] provenant des poudingues démantelés par l’action glaciaire, le Chêne sessile, espèce xérophile, l’emporte sur le Hêtre même aux expositions N. et W. […]
  2. Les forêts épineuses caducifoliées: formations à tendances xérophiles (précipitations annuelles souvent inférieures à 1000 mm) et à longue saison sèche (6 à 9 mois). Elles sont dominées par des légumineuses épineuses comme Pithecellobium spp.. Cercidium spp., Acacia spp., ou non armées, Lusyloma, Leucaena.

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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 "xérophile"?
"xérophile" is spelled X-É-R-O-P-H-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\.
What does "xérophile" mean?
As an adjective, "xérophile" means: Qui vit dans des milieux très pauvres en eau.
How do you pronounce "xérophile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "xérophile" is \ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "xérophile" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list