carnívoro
[kaɾˈniβ̞oɾo]
The verdict
“carnívoro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,600 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,600
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice del animal que se alimenta de carne o es capaz de hacerlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carnivoro · carnívoro · Spanish
carnívoro · rank #57,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,600
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caribeñas
Nearest frequency peer: caribeñas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “carnívoro”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cantados
cantados
42,405 corpus weight
- capitulacio…
capitulaciones
42,404 corpus weight
- caribeñas
caribeñas
42,402 corpus weight
- carnívoro
carnívoro
42,401 corpus weight
- cascabeles
cascabeles
42,400 corpus weight
- castigaron
castigaron
42,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carnívoro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carnívoro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaɾˈniβ̞oɾo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carnívoro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carnívoro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,600 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaɾˈniβ̞oɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
carnívoro has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is carnívoro, spelled C-A-R-N-Í-V-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice del animal que se alimenta de carne o es capaz de hacerlo.
- 2Se dice de la planta que se alimenta de insectos o es capaz de hacerlo.
- 3Dicho de una persona, que es muy aficionada a comer carnes.
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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