# falter vs father

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### falter
*noun · IPA /ˈfɒltə/ · frequency rank #36,137*
An unsteadiness.

### father
*noun · IPA /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #549*
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

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