anthropophage
\ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ\
The verdict
“anthropophage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cannibale interhumain ou animal qui mange de la chair humaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anthropophage · anthropophage · French
anthropophage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | anthropophage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anthropophage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁɔ.pɔ.faʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cannibale interhumain ou animal qui mange de la chair humaine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anthropophage 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anthropophage, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Cannibale interhumain ou animal qui mange de la chair humaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anthropophage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’aventure les attend au bout du chemin, et nos deux amis ne tardent pas à apprendre qu’un dangereux tigre anthropophage s’est échappé d’un cirque, semant une véritable psychose dans la ville.
Quelle était la réalité des pratiques cannibales et leur incidence sur la transmission du kuru ? Cette question ne peut manquer de soulever un débat plus large, concernant la réalité des rites anthropophages dans les sociétés anciennes ou primitives.
This word in other languages
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.