fart
/fɑɹt/verb, noun
fart is spelled F-A-R-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, fart means “To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fart?
| Letters | 4: F-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 fart?
Fart appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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 fart?
- UK /fɑːt/
- US /fɑɹt/
Fart has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fart.wav, Fart-UK.ogg, Fart-Western-US.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fart?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fart from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: raft, frat.
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 fart
- farts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- farting participle, present
- farted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
informalTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
- 2
informalTo emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
noun
- 1
informalAn emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?
- 2
derogatoryAn irritating person; a fool.
- 3
One who is inflexibly meticulous.
noun
- 1
derogatoryA trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fart in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | péter, faire un pet, faire un prout, prouter, lâcher une caisse, avoir des gaz |
| German | furzen, pfurzen, pupsen, einen fahren lassen, einen Schas lassen, schasen |
| Portuguese | peidar , peido, pum, bufa |
| Spanish | peer, soltar/tirarse un pedo, pedorrear, ventosear , pedo, cuesco |
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 fart come from?
From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).