dog-fox
"dog-fox" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dog-fox” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male fox.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dog-fox · dog-fox · English
dog-fox · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | dog-fox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dog-fox” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dog-fox is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
dog-fox doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English dogge fox. By surface analysis, dog + fox. The correct English form is dog-fox, spelled D-O-G---F-O-X.
Definition
- 1A male fox.
- 2The arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus, and especially the blue fox subspecies.
- 3Any species of the genus Vulpes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dog-fox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, / Answer'd the dog-fox with his howl, / Then waked the King—at his request, / Lord Ronald stretch'd himself to rest.
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox / Gone to ground
Etymology
From Middle English dogge fox. By surface analysis, dog + fox.
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.