chronophagous
/kɹɒˈnɒ.fə.ɡəs/
"chronophagous" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chronophagous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Time-consuming.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chronophagous · chronophagous · English
chronophagous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chronophagous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɹɒˈnɒ.fə.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chronophagous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chronophagous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɹɒˈnɒ.fə.ɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Time-consuming.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chronophagous, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chrono- + -phagous. The correct English form is chronophagous, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-P-H-A-G-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Time-consuming.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chronophagous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The method, however, cannot be considered strictly scientific and is much more tedious and chronophagous than the direct determination.
As a chronophagous activity as it is, reducing the population's leisure budget, transports also imply a great expenditure of physical and nervous energy to the detriment of manpower's potentiality […]
Etymology
From chrono- + -phagous.
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.