# fear vs fey

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fey
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,868*
(aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht

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