# melk vs mer

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### melk
*adjective · IPA [mɛlk] · frequency rank #41,987*
Milch gebend

### mer
*noun · IPA [mεːʀ] · frequency rank #10,134*
das Meer, die See

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