cadaveric
/kadəˈvɛɹɪk/
"cadaveric" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cadaveric” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a corpse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadaveric · cadaveric · English
cadaveric · 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 "C" 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 | cadaveric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cadaveric” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cadaveric is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cadaveric in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cadavérique. The correct English form is cadaveric, spelled C-A-D-A-V-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to a corpse.
- 2Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadaveric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens.
He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
Etymology
From French cadavérique.
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.