Which to use
“faker” and “fakes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,554
- “faker” frequency rank
- #21,513
- “fakes” frequency rank
- 58067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faker | fakes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who fakes something. | plural of fake |
Where the eye mixes faker and fakes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. faker and fakes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses faker with fakes
A purely visual mix-up. faker (/ˈfeɪkɚ/) and fakes (/feɪks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “faker” becomes s in “fakes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faker is recorded at frequency rank #36,554, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfeɪkɚ/. fakes is at rank #21,513, tagged as anoun, pronounced /feɪks/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 58067, this pair ranks #115,048 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faker vs fakes
Shared letters: aefk. Private to "faker": r. Private to "fakes": s.
"faker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fakes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faker" for "fakes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "faker" or "fakes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "faker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fakes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,048 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faker" and "fakes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faker vs flaked". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #115,048 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.