# five vs FTE

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### five
*num · IPA /faɪv/ · frequency rank #336*
A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

### FTE
*noun · frequency rank #43,659*
Initialism of fault-tolerant Ethernet.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/five-vs-fte