fruit of one's loins

noun

"fruit-of-one-s-loins" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fruit of one's loins” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fruit-of-one-s-loins · fruit of one's loins · English

fruit of one's loins · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for fruit of one's loins
PropertyValue
Headwordfruit of one's loins
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fruit of one's loins” in English

fruit of one's loinsfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fruit of one's loins is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.".

No misspelling variants are generated for fruit of one's loins in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is fruit of one's loins, spelled F-R-U-I-T- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -L-O-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fruit of one's loins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David . . . being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.
  2. "Come into the yard with me, Micah," quoth my father. ". . . [I]f I am old and worn, there is the fruit of my loins to stand in my place and to wield the same sword in the same cause. You shall go in my place, Micah."

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fruit of one's loins"?
"fruit of one's loins" is spelled F-R-U-I-T- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -L-O-I-N-S.
What does "fruit of one's loins" mean?
As a noun, "fruit of one's loins" means: One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants.
What language does "fruit of one's loins" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list