5 letter words ending in F
There are 113 5 letter words ending in f in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 5 letter words ending in f, and what they mean
These are the 13 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- staff
- noun(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- chief
- nounThe leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
- brief
- adjectiveOf short duration; happening quickly.
- proof
- noun(uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to…
- stuff
- noun(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- grief
- nounEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
- shelf
- nounA flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
- stiff
- adjective(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- cliff
- nounA vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- motif
- nounA recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
- thief
- nounOne who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
- bluff
- noun(countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
- dwarf
- noun(now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults…
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 113 words in this list, 104 can be used as a noun, including staff, chief, brief, proof, stuff. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
Using this for Wordle
Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means staff, chief, brief, proof, stuff, grief.
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How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many 5 letter words ending in f are there?
This list holds 113, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 5 letter word ending in F be a noun?
Yes. 104 of the 113 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.