# principal vs research

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### principal
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,421*
Schulleiter, Direktor, Schuldirektor

### research
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #8,448*
Forschung, Untersuchung

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