# siege vs single

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### siege
*noun · IPA /siːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #7,977*
Military action.

### single
*adjective · IPA /ˈsɪŋɡl̩/ · frequency rank #380*
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

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