piscivorous
/pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/
"piscivorous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“piscivorous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That feeds on fish; fish-eating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-piscivorous · piscivorous · English
piscivorous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | piscivorous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “piscivorous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
piscivorous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɪˈsɪvəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That feeds on fish; fish-eating.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for piscivorous, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -vorous. The correct English form is piscivorous, spelled P-I-S-C-I-V-O-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1That feeds on fish; fish-eating.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.