# SFO vs sift

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### SFO
*name · frequency rank #42,889*
Initialism of Serious Fraud Office.

### sift
*verb · IPA /sɪft/ · frequency rank #28,368*
To sieve or strain (something).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sfo-vs-sift