pour gasoline on the fire
"pour-gasoline-on-the-fire" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pour gasoline on the fire” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pour-gasoline-on-the-fir · pour gasoline on the fire · English
pour gasoline on the fire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pour gasoline on the fire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pour gasoline on the fire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pour gasoline on the fire is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of add fuel to the fire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pour gasoline on the fire in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pour gasoline on the fire, spelled P-O-U-R- -G-A-S-O-L-I-N-E- -O-N- -T-H-E- -F-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pour gasoline on the fire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Instead of using the opportunity to ease the tensions between Bonn and Washington, Acheson chose to pour gasoline on the fire.
The Ayatollah Khomeini poured gasoline on the fire with his comments on the mosque seizure, which were broadcast by Iranian radio the day after the attack.
Synonyms
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.