fogo
"fogo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fogo” is uncommon English (frequency #85,257 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,257
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-fogo · fogo · English
fogo · rank #85,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,257
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH forefoot
Nearest frequency peer: forefoot (+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 “fogo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Flanigan
Flanigan
14,748 corpus weight
- flatland
flatland
14,746 corpus weight
- fogo
fogo
14,744 corpus weight
- forefoot
forefoot
14,743 corpus weight
- foremen
foremen
14,742 corpus weight
- foretaste
foretaste
14,741 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fogo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fogo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fogo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fogo is uncommon English at frequency #85,257 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”).".
fogo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fogo, spelled F-O-G-O.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fogo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.
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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