# AO vs axe

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### AO
*abbrev · IPA [aːˈʔoː] · frequency rank #13,309*
Abgabenordnung

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

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