# published vs spirit

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### published
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #41,409*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs publish

### spirit
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,483*
der Geist

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