xenófilo
/ʃe.ˈnɔ.fi.lu/
The verdict
“xenófilo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que sente admiração ou simpatia pelo que é estrangeiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-xenofilo · xenófilo · Portuguese
xenófilo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | xenófilo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʃe.ˈnɔ.fi.lu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “xenófilo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
xenófilo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʃe.ˈnɔ.fi.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que sente admiração ou simpatia pelo que é estrangeiro".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for xenófilo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is xenófilo, spelled X-E-N-Ó-F-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1que sente admiração ou simpatia pelo que é estrangeiro
Antonyms
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.