far away
adjective, adverb
far away is spelled F-A-R-A-W-A-Y: 7 letters. People search “far-away vs faraway” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, far away means “Alternative spelling of faraway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in far away?
| Letters | 7: F-A-R-A-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce far away?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-far_away.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with far away
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: faraway (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of far away
- further away comparative
- farther away comparative
- furthest away superlative
- farthest away superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does far away mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of faraway.
adverb
- 1
To or at a great distance.
She lived far away, in a distant land.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of faraway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Far away in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to or at a great distance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | au loin |
| German | weit weg |
| Portuguese | ao longe |
| Spanish | a lo lejos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.