# FIDE vs filed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### FIDE
*name · IPA /ˈfiːdeɪ/ · frequency rank #20,114*
The International Chess Federation.

### filed
*verb · IPA /faɪld/ · frequency rank #3,058*
simple past and past participle of file

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