# rief vs river

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rief
*verb · IPA [ʁiːf] · frequency rank #2,783*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs rufen

### river
*noun · IPA [ˈɹɪvə] · frequency rank #9,616*
Fluss

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