field of fire
"field-of-fire" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“field of fire” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position.
Corpus desk
Index EN-field-of-fire · field of fire · English
field of fire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | field of fire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “field of fire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
field of fire is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position.".
No misspelling variants are generated for field of fire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is field of fire, spelled F-I-E-L-D- -O-F- -F-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how field of fire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The angle of movement is so slight that the gun could not be used unless an enemy plane just happened to fly within its limited field of fire.
Get those turrets up! Watch your fields of fire!
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.