zoophilie
\zɔ.ɔ.fi.li\
The verdict
“zoophilie” is uncommon French (frequency #59,734 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,734
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attirance sexuelle et éventuellement affective d’un humain pour un ou des animaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zoophilie · zoophilie · French
zoophilie · rank #59,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,734
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zina
Nearest frequency peer: zina (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « zoophilie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ys
ys
40,269 corpus weight
- zina
zina
40,268 corpus weight
- zoophilie
zoophilie
40,267 corpus weight
- écussons
écussons
40,265 corpus weight
- éducations
éducations
40,264 corpus weight
- édulcorée
édulcorée
40,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zoophilie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zoophilie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɔ.ɔ.fi.li\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zoophilie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zoophilie is uncommon French at frequency #59,734 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔ.ɔ.fi.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zoophilie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 zoophilie, spelled Z-O-O-P-H-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Attirance sexuelle et éventuellement affective d’un humain pour un ou des animaux.
- 2Fait d'avoir de l'affection pour un ou des animaux.
- 3Attraction d'une espèce animale pour une ou plusieurs autres espèces animales.
- 4Transport du pollen jusqu'au stigmate assuré par les animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zoophilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] où l'on découvre que les hommes préhistoriques ne jouaient pas uniquement à « Moi Tarzan, toi Jane ». Leurs pratiques sexuelles étant nettement plus variées. Homosexualité, zoophilie, masturbation.
En comparant les modes d'écriture des textes démonologiques et des minutes des procès, on trouve ceci : — Sont inventoriés, classés, commentés avec un luxe de détails les rapports hétérosexuels, au sens large : diables et humains, zoophilies, sodomies en tous genres.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).