# Falmouth

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfæl.məθ/ · frequency rank #32,392

## Definitions
1. A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).
2. A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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11. A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
12. A town and parish capital in Trelawny parish, Jamaica, named for the town in Cornwall, England.
13. A rural community of Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.

## Etymology
For the Cornish town (sense 1), from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.

## Easily confused with
- **fallout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fallout-vs-falmouth)

## Common misspellings (12)
`aflmouth`, `fallmouth`, `falmmouth`, `falmotuh`, `falmouht`, `falmouthh`, `falmoutth`, `falmuoth`, `falomuth`, `famlouth`, `ffalmouth`, `flamouth`

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