# ia vs IPA

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ia
*intj · IPA [iːˈʔaː] · frequency rank #26,056*
besonderer Tierlaut des Esels

### IPA
*abbrev · IPA [ˌiːpeːˈʔaː] · frequency rank #43,994*
Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet

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