# Leu vs lieh

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leu
*noun · IPA [lɔɪ̯] · frequency rank #42,653*
Löwe

### lieh
*verb · IPA [liː] · frequency rank #26,953*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs leihen

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