frugivorous
"frugivorous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“frugivorous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frugivorous · frugivorous · English
frugivorous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | frugivorous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “frugivorous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
frugivorous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frugivorous, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous. The correct English form is frugivorous, spelled F-R-U-G-I-V-O-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frugivorous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.
All four primary objectives (development of diagnostic DNA tools for maggot identification; selection of natural enemies for biological control of tephritid pests; taxonomic work on tephritid flies; and discerning patterns of utilization wild host plants by frugivorous tephritid pests) were accomplished.
Etymology
From Latin frūx (“fruit”) + -vorous.
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.