# melk vs milk

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### milk
*verb · IPA [mɪlk] · frequency rank #34,262*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs melken

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