favour

noun

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"favour" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“favour” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,235
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British standard spelling of favor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-favour · favour · English

favour · rank #4,235 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,235
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH explore

Nearest frequency peer: explore (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “favour”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “favour” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

favour vs four
67% similar
favour vs flour
67% similar
favour vs flavor
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for favour
PropertyValue
Headwordfavour
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,235
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “favour”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).favourlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “explore” (#4,234), “fewer” (#4,236), “engagement” (#4,233). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “favour” is #4,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around favour, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,235 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "British standard spelling of favor.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for favour, with forms such as "afvour", "faovur", and "favoru". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "four", "flour", "flavor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is favour, spelled F-A-V-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    British standard spelling of favor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how favour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I need a favour. Could you lend me £5 until tomorrow, please?
  2. Can you do me a favour and drop these letters in the post box?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afvour
  • faovur
  • favoru
  • favourr
  • favuor
  • favvour
  • ffavour
  • fvaour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of favour - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afvour2faovur2favoru2favourr1favuor2favvour1ffavour1fvaour2
Edit distance from "favour"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "favour"?
"favour" is spelled F-A-V-O-U-R.
What does "favour" mean?
As a noun, "favour" means: British standard spelling of favor.
What words are commonly confused with "favour"?
"favour" is commonly confused with "four", "flour", "flavor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "favour" come from?
"favour" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "favour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

edited#4,232domain#4,230define#4,224checks#4,218

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

praise8 variantswalks8 variantstrials8 variantstoilet8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list