piscivore
\pi.si.vɔʁ\
The verdict
“piscivore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se nourrit principalement de poissons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-piscivore · piscivore · French
piscivore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | piscivore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pi.si.vɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
piscivore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pi.si.vɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se nourrit principalement de poissons.".
piscivore has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is piscivore, spelled P-I-S-C-I-V-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se nourrit principalement de poissons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how piscivore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De manière similaire, aux États-Unis, une équipe de bénévoles encadrée par le biologiste Marco Restani suit depuis 2012 des nids de balbuzards pêcheurs – une espèce de rapace piscivore – le long de la rivière Yellowstone, dans le Montana.
Lancées dans leur partie de pêche, des chauves-souris piscivores frôlent la surface.
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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.