# cm vs cry

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### cm
*abbrev · frequency rank #1,052*
Einheitensymbol für Zentimeter; 1 cm = 10⁻² m = 0,01 m = 10 mm

### cry
*verb · IPA [kɹaɪ] · frequency rank #21,937*
weinen, heulen

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