# fare

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɛə/ · frequency rank #7,790

## Definitions
1. A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
2. Money paid for a transport ticket.
3. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
4. Food and drink.
5. Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
6. A prostitute's client.

## Etymology
From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).

## Easily confused with
- **Fe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fe)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-for)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fat)
- **fee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fee)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fur)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fry)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fax)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-foe)
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fir)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fro)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fay)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fra)
- **FDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fdr)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fer)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fas)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fte)
- **fie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-fie)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-free)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-five)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-form)

## Common misspellings (4)
`afre`, `farre`, `ffare`, `frae`

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