firstfruit
"firstfruit" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“firstfruit” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | firstfruit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “firstfruit” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for firstfruit is 10 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 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
firstfruit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit. The correct English form is firstfruit, spelled F-I-R-S-T-F-R-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
- 2The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
- 3Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.
Etymology
From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
This word in other languages
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 “firstfruit”
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 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.