# Passagen vs Passiven

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Passagen
*noun · IPA [paˈsaːʒən] · frequency rank #11,497*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Passage

### Passiven
*noun · IPA [ˈpasiːvən] · frequency rank #20,021*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Passiv

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