# fire vs five

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### fire
*num · IPA [ˈfiːɔ] · frequency rank #7,171*
vier

### five
*num · IPA [faɪv] · frequency rank #11,869*
fünf

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