# dear vs delay

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dear
*adjective · IPA [diɹ] · frequency rank #30,506*
lieb, teuer, süß, entzückend, reizend, herzig

### delay
*noun · IPA [dɪˈleɪ] · frequency rank #28,143*
Aufenthalt

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