The Letter F

The letter F makes the sound heard in the words fun, family and myself. This consonant sound ranks in the less common category along with its counterparts: g and v. The letter F sounds like the letter V in the word of. In some words, the combination of the letters G and H and P and H make the /f/ sound, e.g., cough, tough, alphabet and photo.

Letter F Worksheets

We created worksheets to help your child practice forming the upper- and lowercase letter F correctly. Ideally, letters should be formed from top to bottom and left to right with a continuous stroke when possible. The uppercase F is formed as follows: down, lift, cross, lift and cross. The lowercase f is formed as follows: curve, down, lift and cross.

Letter F Worksheet 1
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter F.

Letter F Worksheet 2
We offer a free printable worksheet that focuses on the uppercase letter F. We encourage a child to say, trace and write the uppercase letter F.

Letter F Worksheet 3
We offer a free printable worksheet that focuses on the lowercase letter f. We encourage a child to say, trace and write the lowercase letter f.

Letter F Worksheet 4
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter f.

Letter F Worksheet 5
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter f.

Letter F Worksheet 6
We offer a free printable worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the upper- and lowercase letter f. We also included a fun game – circle the items that begin with the letter f.

Words with the Letter F

The table below contains a list of words with the letter f. We also indicate the location of the /f/ sound – beginning (initial), middle (medial) or ending (final). Our list contains 165 words; please use our search feature to narrow results.

Letter F Words	Sound
afraid	medial
Africa	medial
after	medial
afternoon	medial
beautiful	medial
before	medial
bluff	final
breakfast	medial
brief	final
briefcase	medial
buff	final
butterfly	medial
calf	final
careful	medial
chef	final
chief	final
cliff	final
coffee	medial
craft	medial
cuff	final
different	medial
draft	medial
drift	medial
face	initial
fair	initial
fake	initial
falcon	initial
fall	initial
family	initial
fan	initial
far	initial
farm	initial
farmer	initial
fast	initial
fat	initial
father	initial
fear	initial
feather	initial
February	initial
fee	initial
feed	initial
feel	initial
feet	initial
fence	initial
few	initial
fib	initial
fifteen	initial / medial
fifth	initial / medial
fifty	initial / medial
fight	initial
fill	initial
find	initial
fine	initial
finger	initial
finish	initial
fire	initial
fire truck	initial
firefighter	initial / medial
first	initial
fish	initial
fishing pole	initial
fit	initial
five	initial
fix	initial
flag	initial
flashlight	initial
flippers	initial
float	initial
flower	initial
fluff	initial / final
flute	initial
fly	initial
fold	initial
folder	initial
follow	initial
food	initial
foot	initial
football	initial
footprint	initial
for	initial
forest	initial
forget	initial
fork	initial
forty	initial
four	initial
fourteen	initial
fourth	initial
fox	initial
frame	initial
freckle	initial
free	initial
French	initial
Friday	initial
friend	initial
frog	initial
from	initial
front	initial
frown	initial
fruit	initial
fry	initial
full	initial
fun	initial
funny	initial
fur	initial
furniture	initial
furry	initial
gift	medial
giraffe	final
goldfish	medial
golf	final
grandfather	medial
grapefruit	medial
gruff	final
half	final
herself	final
himself	final
huff	final
if	final
itself	final
knife	final
leaf	final
left	medial
life	final
lift	medial
miff	final
muff	final
muffin	medial
myself	final
off	final
office	medial
officer	medial
often	medial
pacifier	medial
post office	medial
proof	final
puff	final
raft	medial
referee	medial
rift	medial
roof	final
safe	final
scarf	final
scuff	final
shelf	final
shift	medial
sift	medial
sniff	final
snuff	final
soft	medial
softball	medial
spoof	final
staff	final
starfish	medial
stuff	final
swift	medial
theft	medial
thrift	medial
tiff	final
traffic	medial
uniform	medial
waffle	medial
whiff	final
wife	final
wolf	final
wonderful	medial