# fjord

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfiːɔːd/ · frequency rank #36,560

## Definitions
1. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, port, and fjard.

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-for)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-food)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-form)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-ford)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-fort)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-fork)
- **fond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-fond)
- **flor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-flor)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-fora)
- **flood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-flood)
- **Floyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-floyd)
- **flora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fjord-vs-flora)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffjord`, `fjjord`, `fjodr`, `fjordd`, `fjorrd`, `fjrod`, `fojrd`, `jford`

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