# research vs serious

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### serious
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #40,840*
ernst

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