# fabric

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/ · frequency rank #6,240

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **FARC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabric-vs-farc)
- **fanfic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabric-vs-fanfic)
- **faerie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabric-vs-faerie)
- **Fabio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fabio-vs-fabric)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afbric`, `fabbric`, `fabirc`, `fabrci`, `fabricc`, `fabrric`, `farbic`, `fbaric`, `ffabric`

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