furthest
/ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/adjective, adverb
furthest is spelled F-U-R-T-H-E-S-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “farthest vs furthest” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, furthest means “Most distant in time, space or degree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in furthest?
| Letters | 8: F-U-R-T-H-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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 common is furthest?
Furthest appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 furthest?
- /ˈfɜː(ɹ)ðɪst/
Furthest has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-furthest.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with furthest
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: farthest.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of furthest
- farthest
- further
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does furthest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
superlative form of far: most far
- 2
Most distant in time, space or degree.
The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.
adverb
- 1
To, at or over the greatest distance in space, time or other extent.
Of all the children in our school, I can run furthest.
- 2
To the greatest degree or extent.
This civilisation was the furthest advanced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).