# foxy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɑksi/ · frequency rank #28,925

## Definitions
1. The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).

## Etymology
From fox + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian fuksich (“foxy”), West Frisian foksich (“foxy”), Dutch vossig (“foxy”), German Low German vossig (“foxy”), German fuchsig (“foxy”).

## Easily confused with
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-fy)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-fry)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-foy)
- **fury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-fury)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-fray)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foxy-vs-frey)
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fo-vs-foxy)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/for-vs-foxy)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fix-vs-foxy)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fly-vs-foxy)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fox-vs-foxy)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fog-vs-foxy)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fax-vs-foxy)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foe-vs-foxy)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foo-vs-foxy)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fay-vs-foxy)
- **fob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fob-vs-foxy)
- **fey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fey-vs-foxy)
- **foi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foi-vs-foxy)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fou-vs-foxy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffoxy`, `foxxy`, `foxyy`, `foyx`, `fxoy`, `ofxy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/foxy