fountain of youth
"fountain-of-youth" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fountain of youth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fountain of youth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fountain of youth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fountain of youth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for fountain of youth in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is fountain of youth, spelled F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -O-F- -Y-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.
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 “fountain of youth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N- -O-F- -Y-O-U-T-H - 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.