farm
/ˈfɑɹm/noun, verb
farm is spelled F-A-R-M: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, farm means “A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of farm is farms.
How many letters and syllables are in farm?
| Letters | 4: F-A-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 56 times per million words; the 1,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is farm?
Farm appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd 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).
How do you pronounce farm?
- UK /ˈfɑːm/
- UK [ˈfɑːm]
- US /ˈfɑɹm/
Farm has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-farm.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with farm?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as farm from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of farm
- farms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- feorm
- farming participle, present
- farmed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does farm mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- 2
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- 3
A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
antenna farm; fuel farm; solar farm; wind farm
- 4
A group of coordinated servers.
a render farm
- 5
obsoleteFood; provisions; a meal.
- 6
obsoleteA banquet; feast.
- 7
obsoleteA fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.
- 8
A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
verb
- 1
To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- 2
To devote (land) to farming.
- 3
To grow (a particular crop).
- 4
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
to farm the taxes
- 5
obsoleteTo lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
- 6
obsoleteTo take at a certain rent or rate.
- 7
To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- 8
To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means.
- 9
UKTo cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
Farm out the stable and pigsty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Farm in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ferme, domaine, exploitation agricole |
| German | Bauernhof, Farm |
| Portuguese | fazenda, sítio, granja, quinta , cultivar , lavrar |
| Spanish | finca, granja, chacra, chagra, chácara , cultivar |
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 farm come from?
Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).