foreign policy
"foreign-policy" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foreign policy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foreign policy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foreign policy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foreign policy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for foreign policy in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is foreign policy, spelled F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -P-O-L-I-C-Y.
Definition
- 1A government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.
- 2Used retrospectively, the sum of a leader or government's dealings and relations with other nations.
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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 policy”
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- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -P-O-L-I-C-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.