fennec
/ˈfɛnɪk/noun
fennec is spelled F-E-N-N-E-C: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fennec means “A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fennec is fennecs.
How many letters and syllables are in fennec?
| Letters | 6: F-E-N-N-E-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fennec?
Fennec appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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).
How do you pronounce fennec?
- /ˈfɛnɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mathmitch7-fennec.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fennec
- fennecs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fennec mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fennec in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fox:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fennec come from?
Borrowed from French fennec, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).