# Rats vs res

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rats
*noun · IPA [ʁaːt͡s] · frequency rank #22,474*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rat

### res
*pronoun · IPA […] · frequency rank #14,909*
nichts (wörtlich: nicht etwas)

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