# fifth vs fitch

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fifth
*adjective · IPA /fɪfθ/ · frequency rank #1,719*
The ordinal form of the number five.

### fitch
*noun · frequency rank #20,636*
A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.

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