farang
noun
farang is a noun meaning “A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-A-N-G, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of farang is farangs.
What does farang mean?
noun
- 1
A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country.
Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of farang
- farangs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farang?
Farang appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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).
Farang in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | gringo |
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.
Where does farang come from?
Borrowed from Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “Westerner”). Doublet of Frank, frank, franc, and firangi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).