# air vs axe

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### air
*noun · IPA [ɛə(ɹ)] · frequency rank #2,699*
Luft, Atmosphäre, Luftraum

### axe
*noun · IPA [æks] · frequency rank #45,148*
die Axt, das Beil

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/air-vs-axe