# faked vs fired

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### faked
*verb · IPA /feɪkt/ · frequency rank #18,307*
simple past and past participle of fake

### fired
*adjective · IPA /ˈfaɪəd/ · frequency rank #2,346*
dismissed, terminated from employment.

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