Verbs That Start With F

157 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These verbs that start with F come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 157 verbs starting with F on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

F has 157 verbs, and lots of them are irregular. Find becomes found, feel becomes felt and fall becomes fell, and all of those past forms are in the list too.

Short verbs like fix, fly, fill and fit are great for early readers. For richer writing, flourish, facilitate and formulate add a more formal tone. Frighten is a good verb for spooky stories around Halloween or a campfire.

Verbs starting with F: 157
Most used: find
Longest common one: facilitate 10 letters

Most common verbs that start with F

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	find	come upon, as if by accident; meet with	verb
2	found	set up or found	verb
3	feel	undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind	verb
4	fight	be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight	verb
5	follow	to travel behind, go after, come after	verb
6	fall	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity	verb
7	felt	mat together and make felt-like	verb
8	forget	dismiss from the mind; stop remembering	verb
9	fit	be agreeable or acceptable to	verb
10	finish	come or bring to a finish or an end	verb
11	fell	cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow	verb
12	file	record in a public office or in a court of law	verb
13	fix	restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	verb
14	fly	travel through the air; be airborne	verb
15	feed	provide as food	verb
16	finance	obtain or provide money for	verb
17	fill	make full, also in a metaphorical sense	verb
18	falls	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity	verb
19	funding	convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds	verb
20	fail	fail to do something; leave something undone	verb
21	favor	promote over another	verb
22	fed	provide as food	verb
23	format	set (printed matter) into a specific format	verb
24	flash	gleam or glow intermittently	verb
25	fancy	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind	verb
26	foster	promote the growth of	verb
27	failing	fail to do something; leave something undone	verb
28	filter	remove by passing through a filter	verb
29	forgive	stop blaming or grant forgiveness	verb
30	flip	lightly throw to see which side comes up	verb
31	floating	be in motion due to some air or water current	verb
32	freeze	stop moving or become immobilized	verb
33	flies	travel through the air; be airborne	verb
34	forecast	predict in advance	verb
35	fold	bend or lay so that one part covers the other	verb
36	ferry	transport from one place to another	verb
37	facilitate	make easier	verb
38	flooding	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid	verb
39	float	be in motion due to some air or water current	verb
40	fry	be excessively hot	verb
41	fade	become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly	verb
42	fulfill	put in effect	verb
43	flee	run away quickly	verb
44	flush	turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame	verb
45	forge	create by hammering	verb
46	flex	contract	verb
47	folding	bend or lay so that one part covers the other	verb
48	fracture	violate or abuse	verb
49	forbid	command against	verb
50	fetch	go or come after and bring or take back	verb
51	flank	be located at the sides of something or somebody	verb
52	flirting	talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions	verb
53	flick	flash intermittently	verb
54	fuse	mix together different elements	verb
55	fuss	worry unnecessarily or excessively	verb
56	fading	become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly	verb
57	fasting	abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons	verb
58	flop	fall loosely	verb
59	fulfil	put in effect	verb
60	flourish	grow vigorously	verb
61	flirt	talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions	verb
62	flap	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion	verb
63	flaming	shine with a sudden light	verb
64	frying	be excessively hot	verb
65	freeing	grant freedom to; free from confinement	verb
66	fumble	feel about uncertainly or blindly	verb
67	fling	throw with force or recklessness	verb
68	fudge	tamper, with the purpose of deception	verb
69	forfeit	lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime	verb
70	forging	create by hammering	verb
71	formatting	set (printed matter) into a specific format	verb
72	fray	wear away by rubbing	verb
73	flatter	praise somewhat dishonestly	verb
74	fret	worry unnecessarily or excessively	verb
75	frown	look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval	verb
76	fathom	come to understand	verb
77	formulate	elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses	verb
78	fend	try to manage without help	verb
79	flake	form into flakes	verb
80	foresee	realize beforehand	verb
81	fueling	provide with a combustible substance that provides energy	verb
82	furnish	give something useful or necessary to	verb
83	flicker	move back and forth very rapidly	verb
84	frighten	cause fear in	verb
85	fink	take the place of work of someone on strike	verb
86	forbidding	command against	verb
87	flutter	move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart	verb
88	frosting	decorate with frosting	verb
89	ferret	hound or harry relentlessly	verb
90	flapping	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion	verb
91	fluctuate	cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern	verb
92	fluttering	move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart	verb
93	forgo	do without or cease to hold or adhere to	verb
94	frustrate	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of	verb
95	fasten	cause to be firmly attached	verb
96	flatten	make flat or flatter	verb
97	factoring	resolve into factors	verb
98	flaunt	display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously	verb
99	flinch	draw back, as with fear or pain	verb
100	frisk	play boisterously	verb

Positive verbs that start with F

favor
fancy
facilitate
flourish
flatter
flutter
fascinate

Short verbs that start with F

find
found
feel
fight
fall
felt
fit
fell
file
fix
fly
feed
fill
falls
fail
favor
fed
flash
fancy
flip
flies
fold
ferry
float
fry
fade
flee
flush
forge
flex
fetch
flank
flick
fuse
fuss
flop

Long verbs that start with F

facilitate
formatting
forbidding
fluttering
familiarize
fermenting
falsifying
feathering
foreshadow

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Questions people ask

How many verbs start with F?

This list has 157 verbs starting with F, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common verbs that start with F?

find, found, feel, fight, follow, fall, felt, forget are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long verbs that start with F?

facilitate, formatting, formulate, forbidding, fluctuate.

What are easy verbs that start with F for kids?

find, found, feel, fight, follow, fall are short, everyday examples.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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