firefox
/ˈfaɪɚfɑks/noun
firefox is spelled F-I-R-E-F-O-X: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, firefox means “Red panda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of firefox is firefoxes.
How many letters and syllables are in firefox?
| Letters | 7: F-I-R-E-F-O-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is firefox?
Firefox appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 firefox?
- UK /ˈfaɪəfɒks/
- US /ˈfaɪɚfɑks/
Firefox has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Firefox.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with firefox?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as firefox (/aɪəɹfɑks/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: foxfire.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of firefox
- firefoxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does firefox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Red panda
- 2
A mythical creature in Finnish folklore, a fox with fiery or radiant fur, the reflection of which produces the northern lights.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does firefox come from?
Calque from Mandarin 火狐 (huǒhú, literally “fire fox”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).