# disease vs used

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### disease
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #34,589*
die Krankheit

### used
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #19,746*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs use

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