# Sau vs sei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sau
*noun · IPA [zaʊ̯] · frequency rank #5,422*
weibliches Schwein ab dem ersten Ferkeln

### sei
*verb · IPA [zaɪ̯] · frequency rank #185*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs sein

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