# bist vs boat

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### bist
*verb · IPA [bɪst] · frequency rank #225*
2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs sein

### boat
*noun · IPA [bəʊt] · frequency rank #38,012*
Boot oder Schiff

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