soldier of fortune
"soldier-of-fortune" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“soldier of fortune” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-soldier-of-fortune · soldier of fortune · English
soldier of fortune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | soldier of fortune |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “soldier of fortune” in English
Rare enough to double-check
soldier of fortune is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how soldier of fortune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
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.