fursuit
/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ˌsuːt/
"fursuit" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fursuit” is uncommon English (frequency #89,386 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,386
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fursuit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɜː(ɹ)ˌsuːt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fursuit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fursuit is uncommon English at frequency #89,386 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɜː(ɹ)ˌsuːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture.".
fursuit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fur + suit. The correct English form is fursuit, spelled F-U-R-S-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1An anthropomorphic animal costume used in the furry subculture.
Etymology
From fur + suit.
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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Using “fursuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-R-S-U-I-T - 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.