# pater vs Peter

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### pater
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #8,439*
der Vater

### Peter
*name · IPA [ˈpeːtɐ] · frequency rank #674*
männlicher Vorname

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