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fedex

verb

fedex is a verb meaning “Alternative form of FedEx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-D-E-X and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.6 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does fedex mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Alternative form of FedEx.

verb

as FedEx
  1. 1

    To send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.

verb

as Fedex
  1. 1

    Alternative form of FedEx.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce fedex?

  • US

Fedex has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-FedEx.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of fedex

  • fedexes present, singular, he/she/it
  • fedexing participle, present
  • fedexed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is fedex?

Fedex appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does fedex come from?

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).