# PoC vs PVC

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### PoC
*noun · IPA [piːʔɔʊ̯ˈsiː] · frequency rank #49,161*
Person of Color

### PVC
*abbrev · IPA [peːfaʊ̯ˈt͡seː] · frequency rank #29,744*
der Kunststoff Polyvinylchlorid

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/poc-vs-pvc