# fart

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɑːt/ · frequency rank #13,147

## Definitions
1. To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
2. To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-for)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fit)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fat)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fur)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fry)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fax)
- **fir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fir)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fro)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fay)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fra)
- **FDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fdr)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fer)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fas)
- **FET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fet)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fut)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-form)
- **fire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fire)
- **fast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-fast)
- **felt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-felt)
- **feet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-feet)

## Common misspellings (5)
`afrt`, `farrt`, `fartt`, `fatr`, `ffart`

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