PHONETIC "f" words in the English language

NOTE: These words are part of 9,000+ words which were compiled and graciously contributed by Alan Beale from his master list of 30,000 words which show his speech-sound notation for those 30,000 words. This makes it possible for him to efficiently generate lists of words which meet any speech-sound criteria. The following words meet our "selected-phonetic" criteria and should therefor be useful for teaching beginners. Almost all these words are very easy to read because all words with irregular spelling have been eliminated.

Where two listings are given for the same word, that word can be pronounced in two different ways.

How this list came to be / The phonetic rules that governed the selection of the phonetic words.

fa
fabric
fact
faculty
fad
faddish
fail
failing
faint
faintly
faintness
fair
fairground
fairly
fairness
fairway
fairy
faith
faithful
faithfully
faithfulness
faithless
faithlessly
faithlessness
fall
fallen
fallout
family
famine
famish
fan
fanatic
fanatical
fanatically
fanny
fantastic
fantastically
fantasy
far
faraway
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farmyard
farther
farthest
farthing
fast
fastness
fat
fatality
fatness
fatten
fattening
fatty
fax
feasibility
feasible
feasibly
feast
feat
feckless
fecund
Fed
fed
federal
federalist
federally
fee
feeble
feebleness
feebly
feed
feedback
feedbag
feeder
feeding

feel
feeler
feeling
feelingly
feelings
feet
feldspar
fell
felt
feminine
femininity
feminist
fen
fend
fender
fennel
ferment
ferment
fermented
fern
fertile
fertility
fervent
fervently
fervid
fervidly
fest
festal
fester
festival
festive
festivity
festoon
feta
fetid
fetish
fetishist
fetlock
fetter
fetters
fettle
fez
fib
fibber
fickle
fickleness
fiddle
fiddler
fiddlesticks
fidelity
fie
fiery
fifteen
fifteenth
fifth
fifty
fig
figment
filament
filbert
filch
filibuster
filigree
fill
filler
filling
fillip
filly
film
filmstrip
filmy
filter
filth
filthy
fin
finch
fine
finesse
finger
fingering
fingernail
fingerprint
fingertip

finicky
finis
finish
fink
Finn
Finnish
fir
firm
firmament
firmly
firmness
first
firstborn
firstly
firth
fiscal
fiscally
fish
fisherman
fishery
fishing
fishnet
fishtail
fishy
fist
fisticuffs
fit
fitful
fitfully
fitness
fitted
fitting
fittingly
fix
fixative
fixedly
fixer
fixings
fixity
fizz
fizzle
fizzy
flab
flabbergast
flabbergasted
flabby
flag
flagging
flagship
flagstaff
flail
flair
flak
flamboyant
flamboyantly
flamingo
flammability
flammable
flannel
flap
flapjack
flapper
flash
flashback
flashbulb
flashcard
flasher
flashing
flashy
flask
flat
flatbed
flatboat
flatcar
flatfish
flatly
flatness
flatten
flatter
flatterer
flattering
flatteringly
flattery

flattop
flax
flaxen
flay
flea
fleck
fled
flee
fleet
fleeting
fleetingly
fleetness
Flemish
flesh
fleshly
fleshy
flex
flexibility
flexible
flick
flicker
flimsily
flimsy
flinch
fling
flint
flintlock
flinty
flip
flippant
flippantly
flipper
flirt
flit
float
floater
flock
floe
flog
flogging
floozy
flop
flophouse
floppy
flora
floral
florid
florin
florist
flotsam
flounder
flour
floury
flout
flower
flowerbed
flowerpot
flowery
flub
flue
fluff
fluffy
flurry
flush
fluster
flutter
fluttery
flux
foal
foam
foamy
fob
fodder
foe
foible
foil
foist
follicle
folly
fond
fondle
fondly
fondness

font
food
foodstuff
fool
foolery
foolhardy
foolish
foolishly
foolishness
foolproof
foolscap
fop
foppish
foray
forbore
forborne
ford
fore
forest
forester
forestry
forgo
fork
forklift
form
formal
formality
formally
format
formative
former
formerly
formidable
formidably
formless
formlessness
forswore
forsworn
fort
forth
forthwith
fortissimo
fortress
forty
forum
forwent
fossil
foul
foully
foulness
found
founder
foundling
foundry
fount
fowl
fox
foxhound
foxtrot
foxy
foyer
fragment
frail
frailty
frantic
frantically
frat
fraternal
fraternally
fraternity
fray
frazzle
freak
freakish
freaky
freckle
freckled
Fred
free
freebooter
freedman
freehand
freeload

freeloader
freely
freeman
freestanding
freethinker
freethinking
freeway
freewheeling
freeze
freezer
freezing
French
Frenchman
frenetic
frenetically
frenzy
fresco
fresh
freshen
freshly
freshman
freshness
fret
fretful
fretfully
fretfulness
fricassee
fried
fries
frill
frilly
frippery
frisk
friskily
frisky
fritter
frivolity
frizz
frizzle
frizzy
fro
frock
frolic
frond
frown
frowzy
frump
frumpy
fuddle
fumble
fun
fund
fundamental
fundamentalist
fundamentally
fundamentals
funding
funds
funnel
funnily
funny
fur
furbish
furl
furnish
furnishings
furry
further
furthermore
furthest
furtive
fuss
fussily
fussy
fusty
fuzz
fuzzily
fuzzy