# fires vs Forbes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fires
*noun · IPA /ˈfaɪ̯ə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #5,417*
plural of fire

### Forbes
*name · IPA /fɔɹbz/ · frequency rank #9,470*
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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