fiercer
"fiercer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fiercer” is uncommon English (frequency #68,215 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,215
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of fierce: more fierce
Corpus desk
Index EN-fiercer · fiercer · English
fiercer · rank #68,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,215
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fillon
Nearest frequency peer: Fillon (+1 rank slots)
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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 “fiercer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fawad
fawad
31,790 corpus weight
- fCT
fCT
31,789 corpus weight
- fiercer
fiercer
31,786 corpus weight
- Fillon
Fillon
31,785 corpus weight
- finis
finis
31,784 corpus weight
- finna
finna
31,783 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fiercer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fiercer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fiercer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fiercer is uncommon English at frequency #68,215 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of fierce: more fierce".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fiercer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fiercer, spelled F-I-E-R-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of fierce: more fierce
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fiercer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
George comes over to work the doors while you swing well-broken coal into flame fiercer than ever, at pure white heat that drives you back scorched and blind from each quick shot.
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.
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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.