# poor vs running

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### poor
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,733*
wenig Geld haben

### running
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,470*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run

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