furor
/ˈfjʊəɹɔː/
"furor" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furor” is uncommon English (frequency #51,717 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,717
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A general uproar or commotion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-furor · furor · English
furor · rank #51,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,717
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH galling
Nearest frequency peer: galling (+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 “furor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- frugality
frugality
48,287 corpus weight
- furor
furor
48,284 corpus weight
- galling
galling
48,283 corpus weight
- gaslighting
gaslighting
48,280 corpus weight
- Gerhardt
Gerhardt
48,278 corpus weight
- ghosting
ghosting
48,277 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “furor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfjʊəɹɔː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “furor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
furor is uncommon English at frequency #51,717 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfjʊəɹɔː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for furor in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”). The correct English form is furor, spelled F-U-R-O-R.
Definition
- 1A general uproar or commotion.
- 2Violent anger or frenzy.
- 3A state of intense excitement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how furor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This action created a furor in the broader medical community. It was considered undoctorly, unprofessional, illegal, and an infringement on the right to practice.
The verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.
Etymology
From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”).
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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