fox
\fɔks\
The verdict
“fox” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,832 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,832
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Race de chien, abréviation de fox-terrier.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔks\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #7,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fox” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fox is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔks\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,832 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
fox has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "Fs", "FP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fox, spelled F-O-X.
Definition
- 1Race de chien, abréviation de fox-terrier.
- 2Goût exagéré de cassis qu’ont certains raisins ou certains vins.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fox”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ft” - see the side-by-side comparison. fox vs ft
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.