# Perl vs poll

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Perl
*noun · IPA [pœːɐ̯l] · frequency rank #33,750*
plattformunabhängige Programmiersprachfamilie

### poll
*noun · IPA [poʎ] · frequency rank #38,341*
die Laus

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