fingers crossed
[fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst]
"fingers-crossed" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fingers crossed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hopefully
Corpus desk
Index EN-fingers-crossed · fingers crossed · English
fingers crossed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | fingers crossed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fingers crossed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fingers crossed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hopefully".
Zero misspellings are on record for fingers crossed in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: See cross one's fingers The correct English form is fingers crossed, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-S- -C-R-O-S-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1hopefully
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fingers crossed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We'll make it to the finals, fingers crossed.
Etymology
See cross one's fingers
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.