# s vs se

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### s
*abbrev · frequency rank #172*
19. Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets, Kleinbuchstabe zu „S“

### se
*verb · IPA [seːˀ] · frequency rank #2,789*
sehen

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