# freshen vs freshly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### freshen
*verb · IPA /ˈfɹɛʃən/ · frequency rank #34,893*
To become fresh.

### freshly
*adverb · IPA /ˈfɹɛʃli/ · frequency rank #12,780*
Recently, newly.

## Source
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