# Passau vs Passus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Passau
*name · IPA [ˈpasaʊ̯] · frequency rank #8,917*
kreisfreie Stadt in Bayern

### Passus
*noun · IPA [ˈpasʊs] · frequency rank #35,375*
relativ kurzer Abschnitt eines laufenden Textes

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