# First vs forest

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### First
*noun · IPA [fɪʁst] · frequency rank #4,197*
höchste Kante an einem geneigten Dach

### forest
*noun · IPA [ˈfɒɹɪst] · frequency rank #17,892*
Wald, Forst

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