# fallen vs fallow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fallen
*verb · IPA /ˈfɔːlən/ · frequency rank #3,690*
past participle of fall

### fallow
*noun · IPA /ˈfæləʊ/ · frequency rank #35,715*
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

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