# fed vs few

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fed
*noun · IPA /fɛd/ · frequency rank #2,946*
A federal government officer or official.

### few
*determiner · IPA /fjuː/ · frequency rank #226*
An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

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