# Ne vs nei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ne
*abbrev · frequency rank #322*
Neon

### nei
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #38,309*
verneinen, negieren, abstreiten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ne-vs-nei