Definition of fail:

part of speech: verb

To fall short; give out; not succeed; decay; become insolvent.

part of speech: verb

To be wanting to; disappoint.

Common misspellings * :

• fal (19.0%)
• faile (13.8%)
• faily (1.7%)
• failer (5.2%)
• faild (1.7%)
• fial (17.2%)
• faill (17.2%)
• feil (1.7%)
• faulter (3.4%)
• fauil (3.4%)
• failt (10.3%)
• forfail (1.7%)
• failes (3.4%)

Usage examples :

• I question if there was one of them who did not, like myself, fail to count the danger, because of his eager desire to prove that we might be trusted to do the work of men. "The Minute Boys of Boston", - James Otis

• Ay, but the twenty- first time I may fail "The Untamed", - Max Brand

• And suppose you fail "The Inside of the Cup, Complete", - Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009

• If he should fail 't will be his own fault. "Jack Tier or The Florida Reef", - James Fenimore Cooper