# fail vs fui

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fui
*verb · IPA \fɥi\ · frequency rank #9,318*
Participe passé masculin singulier de fuir.

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