# director vs shades

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### shades
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,790*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shade

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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