# fa vs far

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fa
*noun · IPA /fɑ/ · frequency rank #5,127*
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

### far
*adjective · IPA /fɑː/ · frequency rank #295*
Distant; remote in space.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fa-vs-far