phytophagous
adjective
phytophagous is spelled P-H-Y-T-O-P-H-A-G-O-U-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, phytophagous means “Feeding on plants, herbivorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in phytophagous?
| Letters | 12: P-H-Y-T-O-P-H-A-G-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is phytophagous?
Phytophagous appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Forms of phytophagous
- more phytophagous comparative
- most phytophagous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phytophagous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phytophagous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense feeding on plants:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | phytophage |
| German | pflanzenfressend, phytophag |
| Portuguese | fitófago |
| Spanish | fitófago |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phytophagous come from?
From phyto- + -phagous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).