# CIA vs circa

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### CIA
*noun · IPA [siːaɪ̯ˈɛɪ̯] · frequency rank #7,306*
US-amerikanischer Auslandsnachrichtendienst

### circa
*adverb · IPA [ˈt͡sɪʁka] · frequency rank #5,926*
etwa, rund, ungefähr

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cia-vs-circa