# Knock vs know

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Knock
*name · IPA [knɔk] · frequency rank #42,624*
Ortsname

### know
*verb · IPA [nəʊ] · frequency rank #5,096*
wissen

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