fer
/fə(ɹ)/preposition
fer is a preposition meaning “Pronunciation spelling of for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R and has one syllable, and it appears 1.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fer mean?
preposition
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of for.
noun
- 1
A gene responsible for encoding proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase FER.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fer?
- /fə(ɹ)/
Fer has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fer.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is fer?
Fer appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).