# quack vs quail

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### quack
*noun · IPA /kwæk/ · frequency rank #26,927*
The sound made by a duck.

### quail
*verb · IPA /kweɪl/ · frequency rank #24,560*
To waste away; to fade, to wither.

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