# detective vs friends

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### detective
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #25,097*
Detektiv

### friends
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #11,235*
Plural des Substantivs friend

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