# detective vs government

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### government
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #18,910*
Regierung

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