# ideal vs idol

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ideal
*adjective · IPA [ideˈʔaːl] · frequency rank #4,708*
passend, genau richtig, sehr geeignet oder mustergültig seiend

### idol
*noun · IPA [aɪdl] · frequency rank #17,619*
Idol, Götzenbild, Götze, Abgott

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