# Fanny

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfæni/ · frequency rank #15,611

## Definitions
1. A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.

## Easily confused with
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fay)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fans)
- **Finn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-finn)
- **fawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fawn)
- **Fenn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fenn)
- **funny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-funny)
- **fatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fatty)
- **funky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-funky)
- **fauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fauna)
- **Finns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-finns)
- **Finney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-finney)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fan-vs-fanny)
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fang-vs-fanny)
- **fancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fancy-vs-fanny)
- **fairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fairy-vs-fanny)
- **faint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faint-vs-fanny)
- **Fahey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fahey-vs-fanny)
- **fanboy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanboy-vs-fanny)
- **fanned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanned-vs-fanny)

## Common misspellings (6)
`afnny`, `fannyy`, `fany`, `fanyn`, `ffanny`, `fnany`

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