# orders vs sum

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### orders
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,941*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order

### sum
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,289*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

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