Which to use
“Farr” is a name and “fast” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,794
- “Farr” frequency rank
- #767
- “fast” frequency rank
- 31561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Farr | fast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. |
Letter map: Farr vs fast
Shared letters muted; letters that set Farr and fast apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Farr / fast
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Farr is aname and fastanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Farr is recorded at frequency rank #30,794, classified as aname. fast is at rank #767, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fɑːst/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31561, this pair ranks #345,055 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Farr vs fast
Shared letters: af. Private to "Farr": r. Private to "fast": st.
"Farr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Farr" for "fast" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Farr" vs "fast" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "Farr" and "fast". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Farr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fast" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,055 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Farr" and "fast" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Farr vs Fars". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #345,055 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.