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taphonomic

adjective

taphonomic is spelled T-A-P-H-O-N-O-M-I-C: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, taphonomic means “Of or pertaining to taphonomy (factors affecting an organism's remains after death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in taphonomic?

Letters10: T-A-P-H-O-N-O-M-I-C
In writingabout once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 taphonomic?

Taphonomic appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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).

What does taphonomic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to taphonomy (factors affecting an organism's remains after death).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Taphonomic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense of or pertaining to taphonomy:

LanguageWords
Germantaphonomisch

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.

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