Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faerie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: faerie
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic spelling of fairy.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Realm of the fays, fairyland.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"All these stories are based upon the classic structure of the faerie tale and are highly enjoyable (and, yes, they end "happily ever after"). But they can provide much more than that."

Etymology

A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.

Usage

Inflected Forms

faeries (plural) færie (alternative, hypercorrect) faërie (alternative)

Derived Forms

faeriecore faeriedom faeriekind

Phrases

faerie godmother faerie tale

Synonyms

fairyland faery fairy fay sprite

Questions

What does faerie mean?: Archaic spelling of fairy.
Where does faerie come from?: A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene.

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