# first vs fish

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### first
*adjective · IPA /fɜːst/ · frequency rank #81*
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.

### fish
*noun · IPA /ˈfɪʃ/ · frequency rank #1,339*
A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

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