fuze
/fjuːz/
"fuze" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fuze” is uncommon English (frequency #58,713 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,713
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fuze · fuze · English
fuze · rank #58,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,713
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH futurity
Nearest frequency peer: futurity (-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 “fuze”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- freemium
freemium
41,294 corpus weight
- frivolity
frivolity
41,292 corpus weight
- futurity
futurity
41,289 corpus weight
- fuze
fuze
41,288 corpus weight
- Garrido
Garrido
41,286 corpus weight
- ghoulish
ghoulish
41,282 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fuze” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fuze |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fjuːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fuze” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fuze is uncommon English at frequency #58,713 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fjuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fuze in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant spelling of fuse used to differentiate senses, see Usage note there. The correct English form is fuze, spelled F-U-Z-E.
Definition
- 1An auxiliary device with explosive components, used to detonate a munition.
- 2Alternative spelling of fuse.
Etymology
Variant spelling of fuse used to differentiate senses, see Usage note there.
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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