crotophage
\kʁɔ.tɔ.faʒ\
The verdict
“crotophage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre d'oiseau de la famille des cuculidés comprenant trois espèces habitant l'Amérique Centrale, les Caraïbes, et une grande partie de l’Amérique du Sud, et plus communément appelé ani, qui est ma...
Corpus desk
Index FR-crotophage · crotophage · French
crotophage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | crotophage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɔ.tɔ.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
crotophage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɔ.tɔ.faʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre d'oiseau de la famille des cuculidés comprenant trois espèces habitant l'Amérique Centrale, les Caraïbes, et une grande partie de l’Amérique du Sud, et plus communément appelé ani, qui est ma...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crotophage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crotophage, spelled C-R-O-T-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Genre d'oiseau de la famille des cuculidés comprenant trois espèces habitant l'Amérique Centrale, les Caraïbes, et une grande partie de l’Amérique du Sud, et plus communément appelé ani, qui est maintenant son nom normalisé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crotophage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En sortant de la forêt inculte, aux premiers déboisements qui se trouvent avant Archidona, on fait connaissance avec les crotophages.
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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.