# failure vs failures

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### failure
*noun · IPA /ˈfeɪ.ljə/ · frequency rank #1,939*
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

### failures
*noun · IPA /ˈfeɪ.ljəz/ · frequency rank #7,226*
plural of failure

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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