# fake vs fife

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fife
*noun · IPA /ˈfaɪf/ · frequency rank #17,613*
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

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