anthropophagous
/ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.ɡəs/
"anthropophagous" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthropophagous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Who practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthropophagous · anthropophagous · English
anthropophagous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | anthropophagous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthropophagous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthropophagous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.ɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Who practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anthropophagous in our index, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anthropo- + -phagous. The correct English form is anthropophagous, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-P-H-A-G-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Who practices anthropophagy; cannibalistic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anthropophagous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an anthropophagous tribe
The bullet struck her in the back and killed her, and to this day I am glad that it did, for, as it afterwards transpired, she had availed herself of the anthropophagous customs of the Amahagger to organise the whole thing in revenge of the slight put upon her by Job.
Etymology
From anthropo- + -phagous.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.