# error vs lower

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### error
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #21,958*
Fehler, Irrtum, Schnitzer

### lower
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #32,156*
niederlassen, niedrig machen, runtermachen

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