Lotophage
[lotoˈfaːɡə]
The verdict
“Lotophage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines sich ausschließlich von den Früchten des Lotos ernährenden Volkes in Homers „Odyssee“
Corpus desk
Index DE-lotophage · Lotophage · German
Lotophage · 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 "L" 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 | Lotophage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lotoˈfaːɡə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lotophage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lotophage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lotoˈfaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger eines sich ausschließlich von den Früchten des Lotos ernährenden Volkes in Homers „Odyssee“".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lotophage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Lotophage, spelled L-O-T-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines sich ausschließlich von den Früchten des Lotos ernährenden Volkes in Homers „Odyssee“
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lotophage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An der Küste der Kyrenaika treffen Odysseus und seine Leute auf die Lotophagen, die ihren Namen von einer Droge haben, die vergessen macht.“
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.