# flee vs foley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### flee
*verb · IPA /fliː/ · frequency rank #9,469*
To run away; to escape.

### foley
*noun · IPA /ˈfoʊli/ · frequency rank #14,946*
The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.

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