fructivore

noun

"fructivore" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fructivore” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frugivore.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fructivore · fructivore · English

fructivore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for fructivore
PropertyValue
Headwordfructivore
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fructivore” in English

fructivoresits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fructivore is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frugivore.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fructivore in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + -i- + -vore. The correct English form is fructivore, spelled F-R-U-C-T-I-V-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frugivore.

Etymology

From Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + -i- + -vore.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fructivore"?
"fructivore" is spelled F-R-U-C-T-I-V-O-R-E.
What does "fructivore" mean?
As a noun, "fructivore" means: Frugivore.
What is the origin of the word "fructivore"?
From Latin frūctus (“fruit”) + -i- + -vore. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list