# hip vs HIV

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hip
*adjective · IPA [hɪp] · frequency rank #6,934*
in Mode, voll im Trend

### HIV
*abbrev · IPA [ˌhaːʔiːˈfaʊ̯] · frequency rank #10,490*
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, zu deutsch Menschliches Immun-Schwäche-Virus

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hip-vs-hiv