farro
/ˈfæɹoʊ/noun
farro is spelled F-A-R-R-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, farro means “Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of farro is farros.
How many letters and syllables are in farro?
| Letters | 5: F-A-R-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 farro?
Farro appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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 farro?
- UK /ˈfæɹəʊ/
- US /ˈfæɹoʊ/
- US /ˈfɑːroʊ/
Farro has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-farro.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with farro
Sounds like: farrow (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with farro?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as farro from its last stressed vowel (/æɹoʊ/):
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 farro
- farros plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does farro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does farro come from?
Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).