# folk vs food

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### folk
*noun · IPA /fəʊk/ · frequency rank #4,947*
A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

### food
*noun · IPA /fuːd/ · frequency rank #386*
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

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