faxed
/fækst/
"faxed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faxed” is uncommon English (frequency #54,775 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,775
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a head of hair; hairy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-faxed · faxed · English
faxed · rank #54,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,775
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH faunal
Nearest frequency peer: faunal (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “faxed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- faunal
faunal
45,227 corpus weight
- faxed
faxed
45,226 corpus weight
- FIBA
FIBA
45,225 corpus weight
- flexibly
flexibly
45,222 corpus weight
- flightless
flightless
45,221 corpus weight
- fook
fook
45,220 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “faxed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faxed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fækst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faxed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
faxed is uncommon English at frequency #54,775 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fækst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having a head of hair; hairy.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for faxed in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax. The correct English form is faxed, spelled F-A-X-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a head of hair; hairy.
Etymology
From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.