# freshen vs freshman

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### freshman
*noun · IPA /ˈfɹɛʃmən/ · frequency rank #7,340*
a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body

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