# fades vs Fahey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fades
*noun · IPA /feɪdz/ · frequency rank #16,911*
plural of fade

### Fahey
*name · IPA /ˈfæhi/ · frequency rank #45,367*
A surname from Irish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fades-vs-fahey