fox
[fɒks]
The verdict
“fox” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,658 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,658
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Fuchs
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɒks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fox” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fox is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɒks]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,658 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "der Fuchs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fox, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FW", "FS", "FV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fox, spelled F-O-X.
Definition
- 1der Fuchs
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fox”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɒks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “FW” - see the side-by-side comparison. fox vs FW
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.