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    False

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality 2 | adjective | arising from error 3 | adjective | erroneous and usually accidental 4 | adjective | deliberately deceptive 5 | adjective | inappropriate to reality or facts 6 | adjective | not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article 7 | adjective | designed to deceive 8 | adjective | inaccurate in pitch (11 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    f'awls (IPA: fˈɔls)

    Hyphenation

    false (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1200 (High Middle ages) (826 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 2646th most common (1 in 25641 words) ( >99% adjective | 0% adverb)

    spoken: 2754th most common (1 in 62500 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    falser | falsest

    Synonyms

    mistaken | hypocritical | delusive | fake | faux | imitation | simulated | off-key | sour | assumed | fictitious | fictive | pretended | put on | sham | ... (total: 20)

    Antonym

    true

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    falsie

    Anagrams

    fleas | leafs

    Phrases

    bearing false witness | blue false indigo | California false morel | false alarm | false alumroot | false asphodel | false azalea | false baby's breath | false beachdrops | false belief | ... (total: 79)

    Other notable uses

    False Pass (Alaska, 397 people)

    A False Spring (Pat Jordan)

    One False Move

    false.com | false.net | false.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    "F" on a quiz | Answer choice on a test | Bogus | Counterfeit | Disloyal | F on a test | F on a test paper | Fabricated | Far from faithful | Incorrect | ... (total: 24) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    8 (International English) | 8 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ??3-2573