# Leid vs lip

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leid
*noun · IPA [laɪ̯t] · frequency rank #1,263*
starker Kummer, starker psychischer oder seelischer Schmerz

### lip
*noun · IPA [lɪp] · frequency rank #36,485*
Lippe

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