# fake vs fam

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fake
*adjective · IPA /feɪ̯k/ · frequency rank #2,251*
Not real; false, fraudulent.

### fam
*noun · IPA /fæm/ · frequency rank #14,533*
Clipping of family.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fake-vs-fam