# fifties vs forties

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fifties
*noun · IPA /ˈfɪftiz/ · frequency rank #22,085*
plural of fifty

### forties
*noun · frequency rank #27,467*
The fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc.

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