# Lingen vs lingua

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lingen
*name · IPA [ˈlɪŋən] · frequency rank #22,419*
eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland

### lingua
*noun · IPA [ˈliŋɡwa] · frequency rank #41,970*
die Zunge

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