fanny pack
/ˈfæni pæk/
"fanny-pack" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fanny pack” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fanny-pack · fanny pack · English
fanny pack · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fanny pack |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfæni pæk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fanny pack” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fanny pack is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfæni pæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fanny pack in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fanny (“the backside”) + pack. The correct English form is fanny pack, spelled F-A-N-N-Y- -P-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fanny pack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She wears her fanny pack every day on her morning jog around Central Park.
Etymology
From fanny (“the backside”) + pack.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.