foolhardy
\ˈfuːl.ˌhɑː.di\
The verdict
“foolhardy” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Téméraire, inconscient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foolhardy · foolhardy · French
foolhardy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | foolhardy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfuːl.ˌhɑː.di\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
foolhardy is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfuːl.ˌhɑː.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Téméraire, inconscient.".
foolhardy has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is foolhardy, spelled F-O-O-L-H-A-R-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Téméraire, inconscient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foolhardy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You can try screaming futilely I’d deem it foolhardy I’ll be here driving you doolally R.I.P
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.