# fez

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɛz/ · frequency rank #30,045

## Definitions
1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to color the hat was extracted from crimson berries.

## Easily confused with
- **fi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fi)
- **FL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fl)
- **FM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fm)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fu)
- **FF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-ff)
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fo)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fs)
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fn)
- **FP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fp)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fy)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-for)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fun)
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fit)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fix)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fly)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fox)
- **fig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fig)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-fur)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fez-vs-flu)

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