# faerie vs fairies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### faerie
*noun · frequency rank #40,691*
Archaic spelling of fairy.

### fairies
*noun · IPA /ˈfɛəɹiz/ · frequency rank #19,332*
plural of fairy

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