# scheinen vs Schweinen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scheinen
*verb · IPA [ˈʃaɪ̯nən] · frequency rank #2,361*
Licht aussenden

### Schweinen
*noun · IPA [ˈʃvaɪ̯nən] · frequency rank #22,882*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schwein

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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