# child vs could

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### child
*noun · IPA [tʃaɪld] · frequency rank #21,930*
Kind

### could
*unknown · IPA [kʊd] · frequency rank #20,556*
Präteritum (simple past) des Hilfsverbs can

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