# case vs close

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### case
*noun · IPA [keɪs] · frequency rank #7,447*
Fall m

### close
*noun · IPA [kləʊz] · frequency rank #20,880*
die Sackgasse

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