stercoral
\stɛʁ.kɔ.ʁal\
The verdict
“stercoral” 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 concerne les matières excrémentielles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stercoral · stercoral · French
stercoral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | stercoral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \stɛʁ.kɔ.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stercoral » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stercoral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \stɛʁ.kɔ.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne les matières excrémentielles.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for stercoral, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is stercoral, spelled S-T-E-R-C-O-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne les matières excrémentielles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stercoral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bégueulisme cafard des contemporains d’Ernest Renan l’avait rigoureusement blâmé pour l’énergie stercorale de ses anathèmes.
Synonyms
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.