# Departement vs department

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Departement
*noun · IPA [depaʁtəˈmɑ̃ː] · frequency rank #24,291*
Verwaltungsbezirk in Frankreich

### department
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,600*
Fachbereich

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