foaled

/fəʊld/

//fəʊld// verb

"foaled" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“foaled” is uncommon English (frequency #86,284 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,284
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of foal

Corpus desk

Index EN-foaled · foaled · English

foaled · rank #86,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,284
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH flummoxed

Nearest frequency peer: flummoxed (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “foaled”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “foaled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for foaled
PropertyValue
Headwordfoaled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fəʊld/
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “foaled” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).foaledfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “flummoxed” (#86,283), “floodlit” (#86,282), “Fortunato” (#86,287). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “foaled” is #86,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foaled is uncommon English at frequency #86,284 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fəʊld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of foal".

No generated misspelling entries exist for foaled in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 foaled, spelled F-O-A-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of foal

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foaled"?
"foaled" is spelled F-O-A-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /fəʊld/.
What does "foaled" mean?
As a verb, "foaled" means: simple past and past participle of foal
How do you pronounce "foaled"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foaled" is /fəʊld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foaled" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foaled", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list