# pesticide

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/ · frequency rank #21,024

## Definitions
1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

## Etymology
From pest + -i- + -cide.

## Common misspellings (13)
`epsticide`, `pesitcide`, `pessticide`, `pestciide`, `pesticcide`, `pesticdie`, `pesticidde`, `pesticied`, `pestiicde`, `pestticide`, `petsicide`, `ppesticide`, `pseticide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pesticide