# fay vs fu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fay
*verb · IPA /feɪ/ · frequency rank #19,836*
To fit, to add.

### fu
*intj · frequency rank #8,543*
Initialism of fuck you.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fay-vs-fu