funfair

noun

"funfair" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“funfair” is an uncommon English word, ranked #74,977 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#74,977
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A travelling amusement park.

Key facts for funfair
PropertyValue
Headwordfunfair
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “funfair” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). funfair lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for funfair is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #74,977 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A travelling amusement park.".

No misspelling variants are generated for funfair in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fun + fair. The correct English form is funfair, spelled F-U-N-F-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A travelling amusement park.

Etymology

From fun + fair.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "funfair"?
"funfair" is spelled F-U-N-F-A-I-R.
What does "funfair" mean?
As a noun, "funfair" means: A travelling amusement park.
What is the origin of the word "funfair"?
From fun + fair. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “funfair”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-U-N-F-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list