# Parasit vs parat

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Parasit
*noun · IPA [paʁaˈziːt] · frequency rank #35,374*
schmarotzendes Lebewesen

### parat
*adjective · IPA [paˈʁaːt] · frequency rank #11,108*
zur Hand, fertig zur Verwendung/Anwendung

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