# fried vs friends

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fried
*verb · IPA /fɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #6,472*
simple past and past participle of fry

### friends
*noun · IPA /fɹɛn(d)z/ · frequency rank #355*
plural of friend

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