# são vs slow

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### são
*adjective · IPA [sɐ̃w] · frequency rank #20,080*
gesund

### slow
*adjective · IPA [sləʊ] · frequency rank #22,146*
langsam

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