# näher vs names

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### näher
*unknown · IPA [ˈnɛːɐ] · frequency rank #1,564*
Komparativ von nah

### names
*verb · IPA [neɪmz] · frequency rank #36,515*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs name

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