# vae vs vai

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### vae
*noun · IPA \βae\ · frequency rank #39,084*
Fruit.

### vai
*conjunction · IPA \ʋɑi̯\ · frequency rank #45,367*
Ou, ou bien.

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