# filed vs fills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fills
*verb · IPA /fɪlz/ · frequency rank #11,032*
third-person singular simple present indicative of fill

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