# sans vs SARS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sans
*preposition · IPA [sɑ̃] · frequency rank #19,370*
ohne, -los

### SARS
*abbrev · IPA [zaʁs] · frequency rank #36,004*
Abkürzung für Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Schweres akutes Atemwegssyndrom

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