phytophag
[fytoˈfaːk]
The verdict
“phytophag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - sich hauptsächlich von Pflanzen ernährend
Corpus desk
Index DE-phytophag · phytophag · German
phytophag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | phytophag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fytoˈfaːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „phytophag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
phytophag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fytoˈfaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich hauptsächlich von Pflanzen ernährend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for phytophag, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 German form is phytophag, spelled P-H-Y-T-O-P-H-A-G.
Definition
- 1sich hauptsächlich von Pflanzen ernährend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how phytophag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie reagieren phytophage Blattkäfer auf sekundäre Pflanzenstoffe der Tabakpflanze?“
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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.