Fuchs

/[fʊks]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,704

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Fuchs is aGermannoun. It means: Vertreter einer Gruppe von bestimmten kurzbeinigen Arten der Familie der Hunde (Canidae) Pronounced [fʊks]. It ranks #4,704 in German word frequency. Often confused with fürs and fuhr.

Key facts for Fuchs
PropertyValue
HeadwordFuchs
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fʊks]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,704
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Fuchs in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Fuchs is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʊks]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,704 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Fuchs, with forms such as "fcuhs", "ffuchs", and "fucchs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "fürs", "fuhr", "fuck", and more, 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 German form is Fuchs, spelled F-U-C-H-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertreter einer Gruppe von bestimmten kurzbeinigen Arten der Familie der Hunde (Canidae)
  2. 2
    männlicher Fuchs^([1])
  3. 3
    meist der Rotfuchs, Vulpes vulpes
  4. 4
    Pelz des Fuchses
  5. 5
    Pferd, bei dem Fell, Mähne und Schweif braun sind
  6. 6
    Tagfalter („Kleiner Fuchs“, „Großer Fuchs“)
  7. 7
    ein kluger Mensch („schlauer Fuchs“)
  8. 8
    ein angehendes Mitglied einer Studentenverbindung
  9. 9
    eine Goldmünze
  10. 10
    eine Form des Sonnenbrandes an Blättern
  11. 11
    der Abzugskanal einer Feuerung zum Schornstein
  12. 12
    der Sender bei einer Fuchsjagd
  13. 13
    50 DM; inzwischen 50 €
  14. 14
    Rothaariger
  15. 15
    ein Rekrut in der Grundausbildung
  16. 16
    Farbe mit einem zusätzlichen Rotton
  17. 17
    die Spielkarte Karo Ass beim Kartenspiel Doppelkopf

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fcuhs,ffuchs,fucchs,fuchhs,fuchss,fucsh,fuhcs,ufchs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Fuchs

Misspelling Variants of "Fuchs"

fcuhs5ffuchs6fucchs6fuchhs6fuchss6fucsh5fuhcs5ufchs5
Misspelling Variants of "Fuchs"

Frequency rank: #4,704 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fuchs"?
"Fuchs" is spelled F-U-C-H-S. The IPA pronunciation is [fʊks].
What does "Fuchs" mean?
As a noun, "Fuchs" means: Vertreter einer Gruppe von bestimmten kurzbeinigen Arten der Familie der Hunde (Canidae)
What words are commonly confused with "Fuchs"?
"Fuchs" is commonly confused with "fürs", "fuhr", "fuck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Fuchs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fuchs" is [fʊks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fuchs" come from?
"Fuchs" is a German 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.