papivore
\pa.pi.vɔʁ\
The verdict
“papivore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui consomme du papier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papivore · papivore · French
papivore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | papivore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.pi.vɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « papivore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
papivore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.pi.vɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui consomme du papier.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for papivore in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is papivore, spelled P-A-P-I-V-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui consomme du papier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how papivore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La banque est trop papivore.
En septembre dernier, un incendie s’est déclaré à l’extérieur d’un entrepôt de la banlieue de Reading en Angleterre où était entreposé un des plus importants fonds d’archives consacré à Samuel Beckett. Celles-ci avaient été déménagées de leur salle de l’université de Reading quelques semaines plus tôt en raison de la présence de larves papivores d’Attagen…
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