# old vs om

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### old
*adjective · IPA [əʊld] · frequency rank #6,574*
Lebenszeitspanne beziehend: alt

### om
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #18,349*
die Ulme

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