fu
/fuː/interjection, noun
fu is spelled F-U: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, fu means “Initialism of fuck you” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fu?
| Letters | 2: F-U |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 fu?
Fu appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 fu?
- UK /fuː/
Fu 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).
Words people confuse with fu
Sounds like: foo (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: foo.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fu?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fu from its last stressed vowel (/u/, British pronunciation):
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 fu
- fus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Initialism of fuck you.
noun
- 1
flux unit
- 2
A Chinese literary form developed during the times of the Han dynasty that combines prose and poetry, sometimes called rhymed prose.
- 3
informalkung fu
noun
- 1
Initialism of follow-up.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of fine used (in stamp descriptions).
phrase
- 1
vulgarAbbreviation of fuck you.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does fu come from?
From fuck + you.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).