antropófago
[ãn̪t̪ɾoˈpofaɣ̞o]
The verdict
“antropófago” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de aquel o aquello que se alimenta de carne humana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-antropofago · antropófago · Spanish
antropófago · 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 "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | antropófago |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ãn̪t̪ɾoˈpofaɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “antropófago” en español
Rare enough to double-check
antropófago is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ãn̪t̪ɾoˈpofaɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dícese de aquel o aquello que se alimenta de carne humana.".
No misspelling variants are generated for antropófago in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is antropófago, spelled A-N-T-R-O-P-Ó-F-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese de aquel o aquello que se alimenta de carne humana.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antropófago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Había oído que los habitantes de la costa caribeña eran devoradores de hombres o antropófagos y sabía, por la latitud, que no debía hallarme lejos.
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.