# ruhen vs rule

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ruhen
*verb · IPA [ˈʁuːən] · frequency rank #8,268*
sich erholen, eine Pause machen

### rule
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,762*
Regel, Vorschrift

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ruhen-vs-rule