# direction vs director

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### direction
*noun · IPA [dɪˈɹɛkʃn] · frequency rank #21,942*
Anleitung, Anordnung, Anweisung, Vorschrift

### director
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #11,629*
Person, die etwas leitet; Direktor, Leiter

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