# fallback vs fullback

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fallback
*noun · IPA /ˈfɔːl.bæk/ · frequency rank #43,636*
An act of falling back.

### fullback
*noun · IPA /ˈfʊlˌbæk/ · frequency rank #21,804*
An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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