# Fates

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /feɪts/ · frequency rank #22,966

## Definitions
1. Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.

## Etymology
Plural of fate.

## Easily confused with
- **FES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fes)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fte)
- **fees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fees)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fits)
- **fats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fats)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-foes)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-faye)
- **fave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fave)
- **faze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-faze)
- **fete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fete)
- **files** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-files)
- **fires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fires)
- **flies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-flies)
- **fries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fries)
- **fatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fatty)
- **fines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fines)
- **fetus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fetus)
- **fixes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fixes)
- **fumes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-fumes)
- **feces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fates-vs-feces)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aftes`, `faets`, `fatess`, `fatse`, `fattes`, `ffates`, `ftaes`

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