# fastball

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,144

## Definitions
1. A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
2. A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

## Etymology
From fast (adjective) + ball.

## Easily confused with
- **football** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fastball-vs-football)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afstball`, `fasbtall`, `fasstball`, `fastabll`, `fastbal`, `fastbball`, `fastblal`, `fasttball`, `fatsball`, `ffastball`, `fsatball`

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