omnivore
/ˈɒmnɪvɔː(ɹ)/
"omnivore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omnivore” is uncommon English (frequency #72,612 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,612
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
Corpus desk
Index EN-omnivore · omnivore · English
omnivore · rank #72,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,612
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH omnidirection…
Nearest frequency peer: omnidirectional (-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 “omnivore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- obstinacy
obstinacy
27,397 corpus weight
- occultism
occultism
27,396 corpus weight
- Ogata
Ogata
27,392 corpus weight
- omnidirecti…
omnidirectional
27,390 corpus weight
- omnivore
omnivore
27,389 corpus weight
- Orpington
Orpington
27,383 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “omnivore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omnivore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “omnivore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
omnivore is uncommon English at frequency #72,612 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).".
omnivore has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore. The correct English form is omnivore, spelled O-M-N-I-V-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how omnivore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.
Etymology
From the Latin omnivorus. By surface analysis, omni- + -vore.
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); 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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