# empire vs fortune

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### empire
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,553*
Imperium, Reich

### fortune
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #30,054*
Schicksal, Zukunft

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