# cold vs Covid

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### cold
*adjective · IPA [kəʊld] · frequency rank #18,848*
kalt

### Covid
*name · IPA [ˈkoːvɪt] · frequency rank #16,119*
Covid-19, durch SARS-CoV-2 ausgelöste Krankheit

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