# friar vs Friday

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### friar
*noun · IPA /ˈfɹaɪə/ · frequency rank #27,468*
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

### Friday
*noun · IPA /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/ · frequency rank #1,167*
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

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