# scale vs slave

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scale
*noun · IPA [skeɪl] · frequency rank #31,769*
Waage

### slave
*noun · IPA [sleɪv] · frequency rank #27,060*
Mensch, der Eigentum eines anderen Menschen ist; Unfreier: Sklave, Sklavin

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