# leak vs look

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### look
*verb · IPA [lʊk] · frequency rank #6,324*
schauen, sehen

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