# font

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɒnt/ · frequency rank #9,611

## Definitions
1. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
2. A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.

## Etymology
From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).

## Easily confused with
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-for)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fun)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fox)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-foo)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-foy)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fut)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fou)
- **four** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-four)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-food)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-form)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-foot)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fund)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-ford)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fort)
- **fool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fool)
- **foul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-foul)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fork)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-funk)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-fret)
- **frat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-frat)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffont`, `fnot`, `fonnt`, `fontt`, `fotn`, `ofnt`

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