# folks

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəʊks/ · frequency rank #2,537

## Definitions
1. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
2. People in general; everybody or anybody.
3. The police.

## Easily confused with
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-fork)
- **FOSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-foss)
- **forms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-forms)
- **foods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-foods)
- **fucks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-fucks)
- **fools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-fools)
- **folly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-folly)
- **fouls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folks-vs-fouls)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folk-vs-folks)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foes-vs-folks)
- **Falk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falk-vs-folks)
- **focus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/focus-vs-folks)
- **films** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/films-vs-folks)
- **falls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falls-vs-folks)
- **files** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/files-vs-folks)
- **fills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fills-vs-folks)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-folks)
- **folds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folds-vs-folks)
- **folio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folio-vs-folks)
- **foils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foils-vs-folks)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffolks`, `floks`, `fokls`, `folkks`, `folkss`, `follks`, `folsk`, `oflks`

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