# fire vs fred

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fred
*adjective · IPA [fɾɛt] · frequency rank #7,047*
kalt (von der Temperatur her)

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