# Award vs away

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Award
*noun · IPA [əˈwɔːd] · frequency rank #6,636*
Preis, der von einer Jury verliehen wird

### away
*adverb · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,565*
weg, fort, abwesend

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