# FARC vs fir

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### FARC
*name · frequency rank #42,636*
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964.

### fir
*noun · IPA /fɜː/ · frequency rank #15,408*
A conifer of the genus Abies.

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