# are vs AW

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### are
*verb · IPA [ə] · frequency rank #4,019*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs be

### AW
*abbrev · IPA [aːˈveː] · frequency rank #26,315*
Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Ahrweiler, Stadt Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

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