furr
"furr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furr” is uncommon English (frequency #94,876 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,876
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete form of fur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-furr · furr · English
furr · rank #94,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,876
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH funner
Nearest frequency peer: funner (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “furr”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fumarate
fumarate
5,127 corpus weight
- funner
funner
5,126 corpus weight
- furr
furr
5,125 corpus weight
- furze
furze
5,124 corpus weight
- Galatia
Galatia
5,122 corpus weight
- gascoyne
gascoyne
5,120 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “furr” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “furr” in English
Rare enough to double-check
furr is uncommon English at frequency #94,876 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete form of fur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for furr in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is furr, spelled F-U-R-R.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of fur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how furr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I would fain see him walk in querpo, like a cased rabbet, without his holy furr upon his back, that the world may once behold the inside of a fryar.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).