foreign country
/fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/
"foreign-country" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foreign country” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foreign country |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foreign country” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for foreign country is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)".
foreign country has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is foreign country, spelled F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -C-O-U-N-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
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 “foreign country”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -C-O-U-N-T-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɔːɹɪn kʌntɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.