# fawn

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɔːn/ · frequency rank #28,205

## Definitions
1. A young deer.
2. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
3. The young of an animal; a whelp.

## Etymology
From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus.

## Easily confused with
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fn)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fw)
- **few** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-few)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fun)
- **fin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fin)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fax)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fay)
- **fen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fen)
- **FTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-ftw)
- **Finn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-finn)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-flaw)
- **Fran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fran)
- **fern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fern)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-faye)
- **fowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fowl)
- **faze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-faze)
- **Fein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fein)
- **Fenn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-fenn)
- **flown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-flown)
- **frown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fawn-vs-frown)

## Common misspellings (6)
`afwn`, `fanw`, `fawnn`, `fawwn`, `ffawn`, `fwan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fawn