# Falstaff

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,773

## Definitions
1. A fat and jolly knight.

## Etymology
From the name of a character invented by William Shakespeare for his Henry IV plays, and who also appeared in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`aflstaff`, `fallstaff`, `falsatff`, `falsstaff`, `falstaf`, `falstfaf`, `falsttaff`, `faltsaff`, `fasltaff`, `ffalstaff`, `flastaff`

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