English spellings/Catalogs/F
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with F. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.
For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]
F *éff
fábulous *fábyələss
façàde or facàde *fəsàd
fâcelift one word
facêtious *fəsêeshəss
fácîle
fáction *fácshən, cf. fáshion
Fàhd = Fàhad
Fáhrenheît
fâilsafe one word
fâint dim, unconscious = fèint pretend, writing
fãir justice, pretty, fun- = fãre
fãiry (fãerie is an archaic variant), cf. férry
fait accomplì *fétəcom-plì
fâkír BrE, AmE *fəkír
fålcon (l may be silent); some AmE: fálcon
Fålklands
fåll-òut noun
Fålstaff
fámily *fámly
fámíne, cf. ravìne, sâlîne
fàraway adjective before noun, one word, cf. ít’s toô fàr awây
fàrcical
fãre travel, food = fãir
farewéll
Fãroe Islands = Fãeroe alternative spelling = Phãroah Egypt
Faroêse = Faeroêse alternative spelling
fàr-rêaching
Fàrquhar *Fàrker
fàrther further BrE = fàther dad
fâscia *fâyshə
fáscicle fáss-
fáscinate fáss-
fáscist *fáshist, cf. râcist
fáshion *fáshən, rhymes with rátion, cf. fáction
fāst
fāsten *fāssən
Fátah Palestine = BrE fátter fat
fâtal
fatálity
fâte destiny = fète celebrate, garden
fáthéad as if two words
fátwà
fåucet tap = Fåwcett person
fåulty fault = Fåwlty Towers
fåun goat-god = fåwn
fåuna
Fàùst *Fòwst
faux *fô
faux-pas *fô-pà
fåwn grovel, colour, deer = fåun
favéla
fâvourite -vr- BrE; AmE fâvorite
fáx machine = fácts truths
Fây = Fâye persons = fèy whimsy
fâze confuse = phâse period
fêat achievement = fêet foot
Fébruary AmE *Fébyuãry, BrE *Fébyury, *Febrəry, both *Fébry
fêed verb cf. féd past, foôd noun
fèign pretend = fâin willing
fèint sham, write = fâint unconscious
feîsty
fêlîne
Fêlix
Fêlixstôwe
félon
fêmur
fermént chemical, excite cf. fomént water, disorder
férry cf. fãiry *féəry
fète garden, celebrate (can have French accent: fête) = fâte destiny
fétid cf. fèted = fâted
fétish
feûd argument cf. leŵd, foôd
feŵ many = pheŵ relief, cf. vieŵ see, opinion
fèy whimsy = Fây = Fâye persons
Ffestíniog (two fs for f sound, as single Welsh f is pronounced v)
fianchétto *fyankétto
Fìanna Fail *Fìənə Fŏil
fìat decree = Fìat ® car
fìêrce
fîery cf. fîre, wîry, feîsty
fífth *fíth
fíg-lêaf
fígurehead *fíggerhéd, one word
fîle nail, paper = phîal liquid
fílet or fíllet - BrE t sounded, AmE *filây
fílibuster - one l
fíll up = Phíl Philip
fíllip boost = Phílip person
fín fish = Fínn Finland
fînal
finàlê
fînánce, fináncier (also fî-) BrE; AmE finánce, financìer (both fí-)
fîne all meanings
Fìne Gâel *Fêena Gâil
fínger *fíng-gər
fínish stop = Fínnish Finland
fïr tree = für animal
fîreworks noun one word
físcal finance -ss-, cf. phýsícal body, -zí-
físsure break = físher fish, Físher person
Fítz- = fíts unstressed: Fitzgérald, Fitzwílliam, FitzRŏy, etc.
fjŏrd *fyŏrd
fláccid *fláxid
flagellâtion
flãir ability = flãre fire
flák fire, abuse = Fláck person, cf. bláck, etc., usual ending
Flànders
flãre fire = flãir ability
flåutist
flåw error = BrE flŏor ground
flêa insect = flêe escape
Fléming
fleŵ fly
fléxible
flíck-knife
flîer or flŷer
flípside one word
Flô Florence = flôe ice = flôw water
flòod
flŏra flowers = Flŏra person
floréscent flower cf. fluoréscent lighting
flotílla
flòur bake = flòwer plant
floúrish
flôw water = flôe ice, cf. fleŵ fly, flåw error
flòwer plant = flòur bake
flôwn fly cf. flôwed flow
flû influenza = flûe chimney
flûgelhorn
flúmmoxed *flúməxt
flŷbŷ, clear without hyphen
fôcus: fôcused and fôcusing are arguably preferable to fôcussed and fôcussing as they do not distract one by invoking cússed and cússing
foêtus BrE, AmE fêtus
fôlìage has three syllables, cf. cárriage, márriage, each two
fôlk *fôke cf. pôke
Fôlkestone *Fôkstən
fomént water, disorder cf. fermént chemical, excite
foôd eat cf. feûd quarrel fyoô-
foôl
foôlscap
foòtbridge one word
foòtnôte one word
foòtpath one word
fŏr preposition usually schwa (in British English, *fə, making a minimal pair with unstressed the); stressed = fŏur 4, fŏre front
fóray AmE = Fåurè (with French accent: Fauré)
forbád or forbâde
forbíd
fŏre front (to the fŏre) = fŏur number
fŏrecast
fŏrecastle -səl: sailors traditionally say *fôksəl
fŏrehéad traditionally *fórrid, cf. hórrid, but now normally has the spelling pronunciation
fóreign *fórrən
fórest -íst = Fórrest person = Fórest Nottingham, person
for éver BrE eternally, long
foréver BrE long, AmE
fŏrewörd book cf. fŏrward back
formáldehyde
fŏrmally formal = BrE fŏrmerly before
fŏrmer cf. fàrmer
fŏrmidable or formídable
fŏrtè
fŏrth forward = fŏurth four
forthcòming one word
fŏrtnight *fŏrtnîte
fŏrty cf. fŏur, fourtêen, fŏurth
fŏrward forwards cf. rewård prize, fŏrewörd introduction
fòul bad = fòwl birds
Foûlkes *Foûks
fòund find, establish
fŏur number = fŏre front = fŏr preposition
fŏyèr *fŏyây
frácàs *frácà
frágile
frâgrant
frâmework one word
fránc currency = fránk honest, envelope = Fránk person
Frānces usually female = Frāncís usually male
fråught
frêak
Fréderick -dr-
frêe - as a suffix meaning without it must be hyphenated: débt-frêe *dét-frêe
frêelance one word
frêer *frêeər
frêest *frêeíst
frêeze cold = frìêze wall = frêes free
Frêmantle
frêquent adjective
frequént verb
fréshwåter adjective cf. thére ís nô frésh wåter
Freud *Frǒyd
frîar monk, cf. frŷ
frídge has a d where refrígerator does not
frîed fry
friénd
frìêze wall, cloth = frêeze cold = frêes free
frígate -ət
frîght *frîte
frîghtened *frîtənd
frólic
Frome *Frûme
frònt
fròwzy
frûit *frûte
frŷ
FTSE *foòtsìê
fûchsia *fyoôsha
Fukùshima or Fukushìma: words ending in -shìma and -shìta have the ì virtually silent ("devoiced", "whispered") in Japanese, but many anglophones stress it (as also with Hiróshima/Hiroshìma)
fùll
fùll tóss cricket two words
fùlsome
Fùlton
fundaméntalist
fúngus, plural fúngî or fúnguses, all with hard g
für animal = fïr tree
fürlôugh *fürlôw
fürnace -níss
fürnish
furŏrê or as AmE fûrŏr
fürther
furthermŏre one word
fürze shrub = fürs = fïrs
fûse = fûze detonator, American variant
fûselàge -àzh
fúss worry, fússy make minimal pairs with
fúzz vague, fúzzy