# fal vs Frau

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fal
*verb · frequency rank #43,151*
Obsolete spelling of fall.

### Frau
*noun · frequency rank #26,434*
Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.

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