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 May 6, 2026) - A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
| 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) |
Where “fylfot” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “fylfot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-Y-L-F-O-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.