faw
/fɔː/interjection, preposition, noun
faw is spelled F-A-W: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, faw means “Alternative form of faugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in faw?
| Letters | 3: F-A-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is faw?
Faw appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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).
How do you pronounce faw?
- /fɔː/
Faw has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with faw
Sounds like: faugh (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with faw?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as faw.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: awf, waf.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of faw
- faws plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does faw mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of faugh.
noun
- 1
A gypsy.
preposition
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of for, chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does faw come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).