# fear vs fein

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### fear
*noun · IPA [fɪə] · frequency rank #29,122*
(die Emotion) Furcht

### fein
*adjective · IPA [faɪ̯n] · frequency rank #3,652*
dünn, feinkörnig, zart

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