# fay vs fear

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### fay
*noun · IPA [feɪ] · frequency rank #46,636*
eine Fee

### fear
*noun · IPA [fɪə] · frequency rank #29,122*
(die Emotion) Furcht

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/fay-vs-fear