# feral vs fern

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### feral
*adjective · IPA /ˈfɛɹ.əl/ · frequency rank #19,837*
Wild; untamed.

### fern
*noun · IPA /fɜːn/ · frequency rank #20,354*
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

## Source
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