# false vs faule

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### false
*adjective · IPA [fɔːls] · frequency rank #23,516*
falsch

### faule
*adjective · IPA [ˈfaʊ̯lə] · frequency rank #19,209*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs faul

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