# fare vs fife

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fare
*noun · IPA /fɛə/ · frequency rank #7,790*
A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.

### fife
*noun · IPA /ˈfaɪf/ · frequency rank #17,613*
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

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