# FEC vs fecal

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### FEC
*name · frequency rank #33,647*
Initialism of Federal Election Commission.

### fecal
*adjective · IPA /ˈfiːkəl/ · frequency rank #28,545*
Of or relating to feces.

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