Editing F (section)

== Use in writing systems ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ Pronunciation of {{angbr|f}} by language
! Orthography
! Phonemes
|-
! {{nwr|[[Standard Chinese]]}} ([[Pinyin]])
| {{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[English orthography|English]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}, {{IPAslink|v}}
|-
! [[French orthography|French]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}, silent
|-
! [[German orthography|German]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[Portuguese orthography|Portuguese]] 
| {{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[Spanish orthography|Spanish]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}
|-
! [[Turkish alphabet|Turkish]]
| {{IPAslink|f}}
|}

=== English ===
In [[English orthography|the English writing system]] {{angbr|f}} is used to represent the sound {{IPAc-en|f}}, the [[voiceless labiodental fricative]]. It is often doubled at the end of words. Exceptionally, it represents the [[voiced labiodental fricative]] {{IPAc-en|v}} in the common word "of" and its derivatives.

F is the [[Letter frequency|eleventh least frequently used letter]] in the English language (after [[G]], [[Y]], [[P]], [[B]], [[V]], [[K]], [[J]], [[X]], [[Q]], and [[Z]]), with a frequency of about 2.23% in words.

=== Other languages ===
In the writing systems of other languages, {{angbr|f}} commonly represents {{IPA|/f/}}, {{IPA|[ɸ]}} or {{IPA|/v/}}.
* In [[French orthography]], {{angbr|f}} is used to represent {{IPA|/f/}}. It may also be silent at the end of words.
* In [[Spanish orthography]], {{angbr|f}} is used to represent {{IPA|/f/}}. 
* In [[Esperanto orthography]], {{angbr|f}} is used to represent {{IPA|/f/}}. 
* In the [[Hepburn romanization]] of [[Japanese language|Japanese]], {{angbr|f}} is used to represent {{IPA|[ɸ]}}. This sound is usually considered to be an [[allophone]] of {{IPA|/h/}}, which is pronounced in different ways depending upon its context; Japanese {{IPA|/h/}} is pronounced as {{IPA|[ɸ]}} before {{IPA|/u/}}.
* In [[Welsh orthography]], {{angbr|f}} represents {{IPA|/v/}} while {{angbr|ff}} represents {{IPA|/f/}}.
* In [[Slavic language]]s, {{angbr|f}} is used primarily in words of foreign (Hellenic, Romance, or Germanic) origin.
* In spoken [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], {{angbr|f}} in the middle of a word is often voiced to {{IPA|[v]}} (e.g., Að sofa – to sleep).

=== Other systems ===
The [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] uses {{angbr IPA|f}} to represent the [[voiceless labiodental fricative]].