insectivores
\ɛ̃.sɛk.ti.vɔʁ\
The verdict
“insectivores” is uncommon French (frequency #83,048 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,048
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de insectivore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insectivores · insectivores · French
insectivores · rank #83,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,048
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inoxydables
Nearest frequency peer: inoxydables (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « insectivores »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- innovatrice
innovatrice
16,956 corpus weight
- inoculer
inoculer
16,955 corpus weight
- inoxydables
inoxydables
16,954 corpus weight
- insectivores
insectivores
16,953 corpus weight
- inspirateurs
inspirateurs
16,952 corpus weight
- instead
instead
16,951 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insectivores » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insectivores |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sɛk.ti.vɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « insectivores » en français
Rare enough to double-check
insectivores is uncommon French at frequency #83,048 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.sɛk.ti.vɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de insectivore.".
insectivores has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is insectivores, spelled I-N-S-E-C-T-I-V-O-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de insectivore.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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