# familia

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəˈmɪlɪə/ · frequency rank #32,803

## Definitions
1. A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
2. The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin familia (“family”). Doublet of family.

## Easily confused with
- **family** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/familia-vs-family)
- **familiar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/familia-vs-familiar)
- **familial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/familia-vs-familial)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afmilia`, `faimlia`, `famiila`, `familai`, `famillia`, `famliia`, `fammilia`, `ffamilia`, `fmailia`

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