foxy
\ˈfɑk.si\
The verdict
“foxy” is uncommon French (frequency #51,480 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,480
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ayant les qualités d’un renard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foxy · foxy · French
foxy · rank #51,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,480
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH foutaient
Nearest frequency peer: foutaient (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “foxy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- foufou
foufou
48,523 corpus weight
- foutaient
foutaient
48,522 corpus weight
- foxy
foxy
48,521 corpus weight
- fragrance
fragrance
48,520 corpus weight
- frissonne
frissonne
48,519 corpus weight
- froisse
froisse
48,518 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “foxy” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foxy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɑk.si\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foxy” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foxy is uncommon French at frequency #51,480 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɑk.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for foxy, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is foxy, spelled F-O-X-Y.
Definition
- 1Ayant les qualités d’un renard.
- 2Attractif, sexy.
- 3(En parlant d’une personne.) Roux.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foxy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.