favicon
/ˈfævɪkɒn/noun
favicon is a noun meaning “An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-V-I-C-O-N, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of favicon is favicons.
What does favicon mean?
noun
- 1
An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce favicon?
- UK /ˈfævɪkɒn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-favicon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of favicon
- favicons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is favicon?
Favicon appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Favicon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense icon for website:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | favicon, favicône |
| German | Favicon |
| Portuguese | favicon |
| Spanish | favicono |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does favicon come from?
From the original filename used by Internet Explorer, "favicon.ico", a blend of favorites (“browser bookmarks”) + icon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).