soldier of fortune
"soldier-of-fortune" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soldier of fortune” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soldier of fortune |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “soldier of fortune” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for soldier of fortune is 18 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for soldier of fortune in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is soldier of fortune, spelled S-O-L-D-I-E-R- -O-F- -F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.
- 2A person willing to work for or ally themself with any person or institution who will hire them.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-O-L-D-I-E-R- -O-F- -F-O-R-T-U-N-E - 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.