How to spell farther

Farther is spelled F-A-R-T-H-E-R.

hear itfar·ther/'fɑrðər/adverbSchwa and roots

What it means: At or to a greater distance.

In a sentence: The park is farther away than the library.

Not to be confused with: further, a different word.

Same family: far, farthest, farthermore, distance, distant. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Farther” developed as a comparative form of “far,” influenced by the old word “further.” In modern English, many speakers use “farther” more for physical distance and “further” more for abstract or figurative distance, though historically the two words overlapped much more.

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