# MfS vs mom

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### MfS
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #26,968*
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

### mom
*abbrev · frequency rank #10,702*
ein Moment; warte mal kurz

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