larvicide
noun, verb
larvicide is spelled L-A-R-V-I-C-I-D-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, larvicide means “Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of larvicide is larvicides.
How many letters and syllables are in larvicide?
| Letters | 9: L-A-R-V-I-C-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is larvicide?
Larvicide appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with larvicide?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as larvicide.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: veridical.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of larvicide
- larvicides plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- larvacide
- larviciding participle, present
- larvicided participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does larvicide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect
verb
- 1
To treat with larvicide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does larvicide come from?
From larva + -cide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).