# ranking vs secretary

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ranking
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #10,729*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs rank

### secretary
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #48,473*
Sekretär, Schreibkraft

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