# fade

> English word · Adjective · IPA /feɪd/ · frequency rank #8,788

## Definitions
1. Weak; insipid; tasteless.

## Etymology
From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

## Easily confused with
- **Fe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fe)
- **far** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-far)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fan)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fat)
- **fed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fed)
- **fee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fee)
- **FDA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fda)
- **fax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fax)
- **fam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fam)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-foe)
- **fag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fag)
- **fay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fay)
- **FAQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-faq)
- **FDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fdr)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fas)
- **FAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fao)
- **FDI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fdi)
- **fae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fae)
- **fap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fap)
- **fal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fade-vs-fal)

## Common misspellings (5)
`afde`, `fadde`, `faed`, `fdae`, `ffade`

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