warhungry
"warhungry" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“warhungry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Advocating war.
Corpus desk
Index EN-warhungry · warhungry · English
warhungry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | warhungry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “warhungry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
warhungry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Advocating war.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for warhungry, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 war + hungry. The correct English form is warhungry, spelled W-A-R-H-U-N-G-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Advocating war.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how warhungry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
UK?!? Those tights-wearing slops? Never! The blood of warhungry vikings flows in my blood! I'm Danish!!!!! And you?
The thing that surprised me most about the figures were: 1. How warhungry India and Israel are. While on average, about 20% of the worlds population think the USA ought to attack a country found responsible, it rises to 54% in the USA (as one might expect), but its^([sic]) a massive 72% and 77% in India and Israel!
Etymology
From war + hungry.
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.