# heiraten vs Hirten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### heiraten
*verb · IPA [ˈhaɪ̯ʁaːtn̩] · frequency rank #4,276*
den Bund der Ehe eingehen

### Hirten
*noun · IPA [ˈhɪʁtn̩] · frequency rank #17,611*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hirte

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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