# fangen vs Fingern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### fangen
*verb · IPA [ˈfaŋən] · frequency rank #4,270*
jemanden seiner Freiheit berauben

### Fingern
*noun · IPA [ˈfɪŋɐn] · frequency rank #6,792*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Finger

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