fod
/fɒd/
"fod" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fod” is uncommon English (frequency #78,604 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,604
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forehead, particularly a large one
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɒd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fod” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fod is uncommon English at frequency #78,604 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forehead, particularly a large one".
fod has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom". The correct English form is fod, spelled F-O-D.
Definition
- 1forehead, particularly a large one
Etymology
From a shortening of forehead, folk etymology an acronym for "forehead of doom".
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.
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Using “fod”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɒd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.