# Matthäus vs Matthias

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Matthäus
*name · IPA [maˈtɛːʊs] · frequency rank #11,479*
männlicher Vorname

### Matthias
*name · IPA [maˈtiːas] · frequency rank #3,056*
männlicher Vorname

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