# police vs policy

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### police
*noun · IPA [pəˈliːs] · frequency rank #12,560*
Polizei

### policy
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,150*
Politik auf der inhaltlichen Ebene, in Abgrenzung zu polity und politics

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