# salt vs sank

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### salt
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #20,393*
Salz

### sank
*verb · IPA [zaŋk] · frequency rank #8,128*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sinken

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