fylfot
/ˈfɪl.fɒt/
"fylfot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fylfot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fylfot · fylfot · English
fylfot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fylfot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɪl.fɒt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fylfot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fylfot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɪl.fɒt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fylfot, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows. The correct English form is fylfot, spelled F-Y-L-F-O-T.
Definition
- 1A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fylfot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots...
There was a coffee tray on top of it, and spilt coffee part hid the fylfot design of the tray.
Etymology
Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.
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.