herbivore
/ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/
"herbivore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herbivore” is uncommon English (frequency #60,153 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,153
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herbivore · herbivore · English
herbivore · rank #60,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,153
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hepworth
Nearest frequency peer: Hepworth (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “herbivore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- headwear
headwear
39,852 corpus weight
- Hepworth
Hepworth
39,849 corpus weight
- herbivore
herbivore
39,848 corpus weight
- herewith
herewith
39,847 corpus weight
- Hewett
Hewett
39,846 corpus weight
- Higginson
Higginson
39,845 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herbivore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herbivore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herbivore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herbivore is uncommon English at frequency #60,153 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.".
No misspelling variants are generated for herbivore in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore. The correct English form is herbivore, spelled H-E-R-B-I-V-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herbivore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is unlikely that any member of the hominin clade was either an obligate herbivore or an obligate carnivore
Etymology
From French herbivore, from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herb (“herbage”) + -i- + -vore.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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