# Pöbel vs poet

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pöbel
*noun · IPA [ˈpøːbl̩] · frequency rank #22,850*
unterste Gesellschaftsschicht

### poet
*noun · IPA [ˈpəʊɪt] · frequency rank #23,266*
der Poet, der Dichter

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