# fail vs fal

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### fail
*verb · IPA /feɪl/ · frequency rank #30,476*
Fracasar, fallar.

### fal
*noun · IPA [ˈf̬ɑːl] · frequency rank #33,604*
Mutación aspirada del sustantivo femenino pal ('pala').

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