faugh
/fɔː/
"faugh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“faugh” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
Corpus desk
Index EN-faugh · faugh · English
faugh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faugh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /fɔː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “faugh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
faugh is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /fɔː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for faugh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Onomatopoeic. The correct English form is faugh, spelled F-A-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how faugh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
Faugh! how it stinks! It doth not smell like a Christian.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.