febrifuge
/ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/
"febrifuge" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“febrifuge” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-febrifuge · febrifuge · English
febrifuge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | febrifuge |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “febrifuge” in English
Rare enough to double-check
febrifuge is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).".
febrifuge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge. The correct English form is febrifuge, spelled F-E-B-R-I-F-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how febrifuge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge.
Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls...
Etymology
From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge.
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.