# fat

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfæt/ · frequency rank #1,482

## Definitions
1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
2. Thick; large.
3. Bulbous; rotund.
4. Bountiful.
5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
6. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
7. Fertile; productive.
8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
10. Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
11. Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
12. Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
13. Being greatly or substantially such; real.
14. Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
15. Carrying additional data or functionality.
16. Alternative form of phat.

## Etymology
From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

## Easily confused with
- **fi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fi)
- **FL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fl)
- **FM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fm)
- **Fe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fe)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fu)
- **FF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-ff)
- **FB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fb)
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fo)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fs)
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fn)
- **FP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fp)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fy)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-for)
- **few** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-few)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fun)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fix)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fly)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-fox)

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