# Fabius

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,739

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.

## Etymology
Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).

## Easily confused with
- **fails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabius-vs-fails)
- **fairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabius-vs-fairs)
- **famous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabius-vs-famous)
- **Fabio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabio-vs-fabius)
- **Fabian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabian-vs-fabius)

## Common misspellings (8)
`afbius`, `fabbius`, `fabisu`, `fabiuss`, `fabuis`, `faibus`, `fbaius`, `ffabius`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fabius