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ff
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A pair of lowercase letters written together in old handwriting or old-style print to represent a single capital F.
"In old parish records you might see a name spelled with an "ff" at the start instead of a capital F."
How to Use Ff
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old handwriting quirk where two small f's stood in for one big F — you still see it in some surnames today.
Common mistake
People sometimes assume a surname like "ffrench" is a typo or a double letter for emphasis — it is actually this old capital-letter convention.
Word Forms
ffs plural, ff's plural
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In old parish records you might see a name spelled with an "_____" at the start instead of a capital F.