# contact vs contest

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### contact
*noun · IPA [kɔ̃.takt] · frequency rank #17,252*
Kontakt, Ansprechpartner, Berührung

### contest
*noun · IPA [kəntest] · frequency rank #12,477*
Wettkampf, Match

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