fool around
"fool-around" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fool around” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fool-around · fool around · English
fool around · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fool around |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fool around” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fool around is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fool around, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fool around, spelled F-O-O-L- -A-R-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
- 2To waste time.
- 3To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
- 4To engage in adultery; to play around.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fool around appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
Wanna get drunk and fool around?
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.