omnivorous
/ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/
"omnivorous" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omnivorous” is uncommon English (frequency #65,364 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,364
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-omnivorous · omnivorous · English
omnivorous · rank #65,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,364
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Olivet
Nearest frequency peer: Olivet (-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 “omnivorous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oberoi
Oberoi
34,641 corpus weight
- Ogawa
Ogawa
34,639 corpus weight
- Olivet
Olivet
34,638 corpus weight
- omnivorous
omnivorous
34,637 corpus weight
- orienteering
orienteering
34,634 corpus weight
- Orinoco
Orinoco
34,633 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “omnivorous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omnivorous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “omnivorous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
omnivorous is uncommon English at frequency #65,364 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for omnivorous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From omni- + -vorous. The correct English form is omnivorous, spelled O-M-N-I-V-O-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
- 2Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
- 3All-consuming.
- 4Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how omnivorous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.
He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]
Etymology
From omni- + -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); 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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