# Minister vs Mister

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Minister
*noun · IPA [miˈnɪstɐ] · frequency rank #2,254*
Leiter eines Ministeriums

### Mister
*noun · IPA [ˈmɪstɐ] · frequency rank #14,129*
in englischsprachigen Ländern höfliche Anrede vor dem Namen

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