piscicide
"piscicide" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“piscicide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any substance that is poisonous to fish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-piscicide · piscicide · English
piscicide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piscicide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “piscicide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
piscicide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for piscicide, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pisci- + -cide. The correct English form is piscicide, spelled P-I-S-C-I-C-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any substance that is poisonous to fish.
- 2The killing of fish.
- 3A fish that kills.
- 4A fish that kills another fish, especially out of malice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how piscicide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The explosion of an aquarium in Berlin in 2022 caused a major piscicide.
Etymology
From pisci- + -cide.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.