# sands vs sank

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sands
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #45,562*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sand

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sands-vs-sank