# cheese vs Chinese

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### cheese
*noun · IPA [tʃiːz] · frequency rank #34,034*
Milchprodukt: Käse

### Chinese
*noun · IPA [çiˈneːzə] · frequency rank #16,665*
Staatsbürger von China

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