xérophile
\ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xérophile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡze.ʁɔ.fil\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « xérophile » en français
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
- 1Qui vit dans des milieux très pauvres en eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how xérophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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. […]
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.