stercophagic
"stercophagic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stercophagic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dung-eating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stercophagic · stercophagic · English
stercophagic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | stercophagic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stercophagic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stercophagic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dung-eating.".
stercophagic has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sterco- + -phagic. The correct English form is stercophagic, spelled S-T-E-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-I-C.
Definition
- 1Dung-eating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stercophagic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.
Etymology
From sterco- + -phagic.
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.