# Passes vs passives

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Passes
*noun · IPA [ˈpasəs] · frequency rank #43,401*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Pass

### passives
*adjective · IPA [ˈpasiːvəs] · frequency rank #37,125*
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs passiv

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