fava bean
"fava-bean" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fava bean” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fava bean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fava bean” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fava bean is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fava bean in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fava + bean, from Italian fava. The correct English form is fava bean, spelled F-A-V-A- -B-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
Etymology
From fava + bean, from Italian fava.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “fava bean”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-V-A- -B-E-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.