# leak vs Leim

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### leak
*verb · IPA [liːk] · frequency rank #38,874*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leaken

### Leim
*noun · IPA [laɪ̯m] · frequency rank #23,215*
wässrige Lösung von Klebstoffen

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