fanfiction
/ˈfæn.fɪk.ʃən/noun
fanfiction is a noun meaning “Alternative form of fan fiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-F-I-C-T-I-O-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fanfiction is fanfictions.
What does fanfiction mean?
noun
- 1
slangAlternative form of fan fiction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fanfiction?
- US /ˈfæn.fɪk.ʃən/
Fanfiction has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fanfiction.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fanfiction
- fanfictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fanfiction?
Fanfiction appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with fanfiction
Also written: fan-fiction (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).