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IFA

/ɪˈfɑː/noun

IFA is spelled I-F-A: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, IFA means “Initialism of independent financial adviser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of IFA is IFAs.

How many letters and syllables are in IFA?

Letters3: I-F-A
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is IFA?

IFA appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 IFA?

  • /ɪˈfɑː/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of IFA

  • IFAs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does IFA mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    UKInitialism of independent financial adviser.

noun

as Ifa
  1. 1

    A complex system of divination in Yoruba religion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does IFA come from?

Borrowed from Yoruba Ifá.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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