# suffer vs suffix

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### suffer
*verb · IPA /ˈsʌfə/ · frequency rank #3,338*
To undergo hardship.

### suffix
*noun · IPA /ˈsʌfɪks/ · frequency rank #27,302*
A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

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