arf
interjection
arf is spelled A-R-F: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, arf means “Synonym of woof (“sound of a dog's bark”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in arf?
| Letters | 3: A-R-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arf?
Arf appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th 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).
How do you pronounce arf?
- Canada
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-arf.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arf?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as arf.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: far, fra.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does arf mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Synonym of woof (“sound of a dog's bark”).
- 2
Synonym of woof (“expressing strong physical attraction”).
noun
- 1
Initialism of acute renal failure.
- 2
Initialism of analog radio frequency.
phrase
- 1
"Abort, Retry, Fail?"
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arf in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense representing dog's bark:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arf come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).