farrago
/fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/
"farrago" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“farrago” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
Corpus desk
Index EN-farrago · farrago · English
farrago · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farrago |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “farrago” in English
Rare enough to double-check
farrago is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for farrago, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin farrāgō (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“emmer (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”). Doublet of farro. The correct English form is farrago, spelled F-A-R-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farrago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yet do I carry every vvhere vvith me ſuch a confounded farago of doubts, fears, hopes, vviſhes, and all the flimſy furniture of a country Miſs's brain!
Back in Paris, where all men adrift naturally float, he succeeded in publishing a fantastic novel, “Sortie d’un Rêve,” a farrago of all that is most foolish in the earlier romantic authors, with here and there a racy turn—“a personal note,” M. Zola would say.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin farrāgō (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“emmer (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”). Doublet of farro.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.