# furrow

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfʌɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #48,758

## Definitions
1. Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.
2. Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.

## Etymology
From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).

## Easily confused with
- **furry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/furrow-vs-furry)
- **farrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farrow-vs-furrow)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffurrow`, `frurow`, `furorw`, `furow`, `furroww`, `furrwo`, `ufrrow`

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