# foam

> English word · Noun · IPA /foʊm/ · frequency rank #9,898

## Definitions
1. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
2. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
3. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
4. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
5. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
6. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
7. A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
8. The sea.
9. Fury, rage, ire.
10. Sneakers.

## Etymology
From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-for)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fox)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fog)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foe)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foo)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fsa)
- **fob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fob)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fra)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fta)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foy)
- **foi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foi)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fou)
- **foh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foh)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-from)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-four)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-food)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-form)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-foot)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-ford)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foam-vs-fort)

## Common misspellings (5)
`faom`, `ffoam`, `foamm`, `foma`, `ofam`

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