# Schalk vs schell

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Schalk
*noun · IPA [ʃalk] · frequency rank #45,565*
freche Person, die (gutmütige) Streiche spielt

### schell
*verb · IPA [ʃɛl] · frequency rank #38,990*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schellen

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