# Posen vs power

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Posen
*name · IPA [ˈpoːzn̩] · frequency rank #15,457*
eine Stadt in Polen

### power
*adjective · IPA [ˈpoːvɐ] · frequency rank #4,226*
arm, dürftig

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