# fail vs fei

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### fail
*verb · IPA \feɪl\ · frequency rank #24,588*
Échouer.

### fei
*noun · IPA \fei̯\ · frequency rank #31,027*
Variante de foi

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