xenófobo

adj

The verdict

“xenófobo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,569 among 27 “X” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,569
frequency rank, Portuguese
27
“X” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro

Corpus desk

Index PT-xenofobo · xenófobo · Portuguese

xenófobo · rank #64,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,569
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 27
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zephyr

Nearest frequency peer: Zephyr (+5 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “xenófobo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “xenófobo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for xenófobo
PropertyValue
Headwordxenófobo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,569
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “xenófobo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).xenófobocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Zephyr” (#64,574), “aber” (#64,583), “urtiga” (#64,553). Entre 27 lemas com “X”, “xenófobo” fica em #64,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

xenófobo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,569 among 27 “X” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for xenófobo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 xenófobo, spelled X-E-N-Ó-F-O-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As autoridades descartaram a possibilidade de o incêndio ser um ataque xenófobo.

Synonyms

xenofóbico

Antonyms

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "xenófobo"?
"xenófobo" is spelled X-E-N-Ó-F-O-B-O.
What does "xenófobo" mean?
As an adjective, "xenófobo" means: que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro
What language does "xenófobo" come from?
"xenófobo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list