fro
/fɹoʊ/adverb, noun
fro is spelled F-R-O: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, fro means “From; away; back or backward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fro?
| Letters | 3: F-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fro?
Fro appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fro?
- UK /fɹəʊ/
- US /fɹoʊ/
Fro has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fro.ogg, En-au-'fro.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fro
Sounds like: froe (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: fra.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fro?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fro from its last stressed vowel (/oʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: for, orf.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fro
- fros plural
- 'fro
- 'fros plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
From; away; back or backward.
preposition
- 1
obsoleteFrom.
noun
- 1
slangClipping of afro (hairstyle).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fro come from?
From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).