furthermore
/ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/adverb, adjective
furthermore is spelled F-U-R-T-H-E-R-M-O-R-E. The wrong spelling people search most is futhermore: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Furthermore is an adverb meaning “In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information)”.
How many letters and syllables are in furthermore?
| Letters | 11: F-U-R-T-H-E-R-M-O-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, futhermore, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell furthermore?
Furthermore is spelled F-U-R-T-H-E-R-M-O-R-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 16 of the searches for furthermore in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is furthermore?
Furthermore appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 furthermore?
- UK /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/
- US /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/
- Australia /ˈfɜː.ðəˌmoː(ɹ)/
Furthermore has 3 syllables (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-us-furthermore.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does furthermore mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).
He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.
adjective
- 1
rarecomparative form of further: more further; the more especially forward, ahead or (figurative) progressed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Furthermore in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part |
| German | weiterhin, darüber hinaus, außerdem, des Weiteren |
| Portuguese | além disso |
| Spanish | más, es más, además, otrosí, por añadidura, a mayor abundamiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does furthermore come from?
From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further + -more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).