sarcophage

/\saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,970

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

sarcophage is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort. Pronounced \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\. Often confused with sarcophages.

Key facts for sarcophage
PropertyValue
Headwordsarcophage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,970
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sarcophage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sarcophage is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,970 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sarcophage, with forms such as "asrcophage", "sacrophage", and "sarccophage". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sarcophages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sarcophage, spelled S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort.
  2. 2
    Qui ronge les chairs.
  3. 3
    Qui n’accepte de consommer des produits carnés que s’ils ne rappellent en rien l’animal dont ils sont tirés, par opposition la personne zoophage, qui accepte les produits aisément identifiables.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asrcophage,sacrophage,sarccophage,sarcohpage,sarcopahge,sarcophaeg,sarcophagge,sarcophgae,sarcophhage,sarcopphage,sarcpohage,sarocphage,sarrcophage,sracophage,ssarcophage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sarcophage

Misspelling Variants of "sarcophage"

asrcophage10sacrophage10sarccophage11sarcohpage10sarcopahge10sarcophaeg10sarcophagge11sarcophgae10
Misspelling Variants of "sarcophage"

Frequency rank: #29,970 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sarcophage"?
"sarcophage" is spelled S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\.
What does "sarcophage" mean?
As an adj, "sarcophage" means: Qui se nourrit des chairs d'un hôte mort.
What words are commonly confused with "sarcophage"?
"sarcophage" is commonly confused with "sarcophages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sarcophage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarcophage" is \saʁ.kɔ.faʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarcophage" come from?
"sarcophage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.