karnivor
[kaʁniˈvoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“karnivor” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tiere als Nahrungsquelle verzehrend
Corpus desk
Index DE-karnivor · karnivor · German
karnivor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | karnivor |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaʁniˈvoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „karnivor“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
karnivor is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaʁniˈvoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tiere als Nahrungsquelle verzehrend".
karnivor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is karnivor, spelled K-A-R-N-I-V-O-R.
Definition
- 1Tiere als Nahrungsquelle verzehrend
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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.