foe
[fəʊ]
The verdict
“foe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Feind, der Gegner
Corpus desk
Index DE-foe · foe · German
foe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | foe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fəʊ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „foe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
foe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fəʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Feind, der Gegner".
foe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is foe, spelled F-O-E.
Definition
- 1der Feind, der Gegner
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"An enemy or foe is a relativist term for an entity, whether an individual or a group, that is seen as forcefully adverse or threatening."
Antonyms
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.