# sahen vs saufen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sahen
*verb · IPA [ˈzaːən] · frequency rank #2,987*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehen

### saufen
*verb · IPA [ˈzaʊ̯fn̩] · frequency rank #9,622*
trinken

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