Far away or faraway?
far away is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of faraway”; faraway is an adjective meaning “Distant”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. far away is written as two words and faraway as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between far away and faraway?
| far away | faraway | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, adverb | adjective, noun |
| Meaning | To or at a great distance | Distant Not mentally present, as when daydreaming One who lives a great distance away |
| Example | She lived far away, in a distant land | She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈfɑɹəweɪ/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: far away and faraway in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of far away and faraway
far away
- 1
Alternative spelling of faraway
- 2
To or at a great distance
She lived far away, in a distant land
- 3
Alternative form of faraway
faraway
- 1
Distant
She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land
- 2
One who lives a great distance away
- 3
Not mentally present, as when daydreaming
There was a faraway look on his face
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, far away or faraway?
far away is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; faraway about once in every 1 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search far away vs faraway?
“far away vs faraway” is searched about 70 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“faraway vs far away”, “far away or faraway”).
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