# Defekte vs defence

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Defekte
*noun · IPA [deˈfɛktə] · frequency rank #17,554*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Defekt

### defence
*noun · IPA [dɪˈfɛns] · frequency rank #43,097*
Verteidigung, Verteidigungskunst, Schutz

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