foxhole
"foxhole" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foxhole” is uncommon English (frequency #73,196 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,196
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foxhole · foxhole · English
foxhole · rank #73,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,196
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fractionally
Nearest frequency peer: fractionally (+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 “foxhole”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- flowy
flowy
26,810 corpus weight
- folkloric
folkloric
26,808 corpus weight
- foxhole
foxhole
26,805 corpus weight
- fractionally
fractionally
26,804 corpus weight
- frameless
frameless
26,803 corpus weight
- Francie
Francie
26,802 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “foxhole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foxhole |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foxhole” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foxhole is uncommon English at frequency #73,196 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for foxhole in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole. The correct English form is foxhole, spelled F-O-X-H-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
- 2A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foxhole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.
Four pilots from the St. Lo, returning from a strike, land at the Dulag Airstrip and are promptly handed carbines, given a foxhole, and told to help repel a Japanese infantry counterattack. With that job done, with the aid of some stacked boxes and buckets full of petrol, they rearm and repair their aircraft, and then head back out to land on other ships.
Etymology
From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole.
Synonyms
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); 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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