first fruits
"first-fruits" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“first fruits” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | first fruits |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “first fruits” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for first fruits is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for first fruits, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits. The correct English form is first fruits, spelled F-I-R-S-T- -F-R-U-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering
- 2The first profits from an undertaking
Etymology
From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.
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.
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Using “first fruits”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-I-R-S-T- -F-R-U-I-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.