# mer vs mir

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mir
*pronoun · IPA [miːɐ̯] · frequency rank #62*
Dativ der ersten Person Singular

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