# faced vs fried

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### faced
*verb · IPA /feɪst/ · frequency rank #3,057*
simple past and past participle of face

### fried
*verb · IPA /fɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #6,472*
simple past and past participle of fry

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