# Marder vs mater

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Marder
*noun · IPA [ˈmaʁdɐ] · frequency rank #38,273*
eine Familie (Mustelidae) hundeartiger Raubtiere

### mater
*verb · IPA [ˈmaːtɐ] · frequency rank #27,842*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs matern

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