# few vs fewer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fewer
*determiner · IPA /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ · frequency rank #4,236*
comparative degree of few; a smaller number.

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