# farther vs father

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### farther
*adjective · IPA /ˈfɑːðə/ · frequency rank #8,926*
Alternative form of further. (See also the usage notes at further.)

### father
*noun · IPA /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #549*
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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