fabric

/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/

//ˈfæb.ɹɪk// noun

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"fabric" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fabric” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,240
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An edifice or building.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fabric · fabric · English

fabric · rank #6,240 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,240
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH exhausted

Nearest frequency peer: exhausted (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “fabric”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “fabric” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fabric vs FARC
0% similar
fabric vs fanfic
67% similar
fabric vs faerie
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fabric
PropertyValue
Headwordfabric
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,240
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fabric”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).fabriclands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “exhausted” (#6,239), “fabulous” (#6,241), “essays” (#6,238). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “fabric” is #6,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fabric (IPA /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,240 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fabric, with forms such as "afbric", "fabbric", and "fabirc". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "FARC", "fanfic", "faerie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French. The correct English form is fabric, spelled F-A-B-R-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    An edifice or building.
  2. 2
    The act of constructing, construction, fabrication.
  3. 3
    The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.
  4. 4
    The physical material of a building.
  5. 5
    The framework underlying a structure.
  6. 6
    A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
  7. 7
    The texture of a cloth.
  8. 8
    The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
  9. 9
    The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
  10. 10
    Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fabric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge / Rose like an exhalation.
  2. They withdrew from the gate, as if to depart, but he presently thought he heard them amongst the trees on the other side of the fabric, and soon became convinced that they had not left the abbey.

Etymology

Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French.

Synonyms

fabricclothtextile

This word in other languages

entramado(Español)structure(Français)Gebäude(Deutsch)estrutura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afbric
  • fabbric
  • fabirc
  • fabrci
  • fabricc
  • fabrric
  • farbic
  • fbaric
  • ffabric

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fabric - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

afbric2fabbric1fabirc2fabrci2fabricc1fabrric1farbic2fbaric2
Edit distance from "fabric"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fabric"?
"fabric" is spelled F-A-B-R-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/.
What does "fabric" mean?
As a noun, "fabric" means: An edifice or building.
What words are commonly confused with "fabric"?
"fabric" is commonly confused with "FARC", "fanfic", "faerie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fabric"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fabric" is /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "fabric"?
Borrowed from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica (“a workshop, art, trade, product of art, structure, fabric”), from faber (“artisan, workman”). Doublet of fabrica, borrowed from Latin, and forge, borrowed from Old French. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fabric", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list