# Dürre vs Durst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dürre
*noun · IPA [ˈdʏʁə] · frequency rank #17,858*
Periode des Wassermangels, die zu Schäden in der Landwirtschaft führt

### Durst
*noun · IPA [dʊʁst] · frequency rank #11,217*
(heftiges) Verlangen zu trinken

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