# fails

> English word · Verb · IPA /feɪlz/ · frequency rank #4,600

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fail

## Easily confused with
- **fil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fil)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fas)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fis)
- **fal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fal)
- **film** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-film)
- **fall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fall)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fans)
- **fair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fair)
- **file** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-file)
- **fill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fill)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fits)
- **FOIL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-foil)
- **fats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fats)
- **figs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-figs)
- **fins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fins)
- **Falk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-falk)
- **Fait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fait)
- **Fars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-fars)
- **feels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-feels)
- **faith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fails-vs-faith)

## Common misspellings (7)
`afils`, `faills`, `failss`, `faisl`, `falis`, `ffails`, `fials`

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