# meteor vs metro

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### meteor
*noun · IPA [mɛˈtɛɔr] · frequency rank #35,329*
Himmelskörper:Meteor, Meteoroid

### metro
*noun · IPA [ˈmɛːtro] · frequency rank #10,697*
die U-Bahn

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