# science vs silence

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### science
*noun · IPA [ˈsaɪəns] · frequency rank #5,532*
Wissenschaft

### silence
*noun · IPA [si.lɑ̃s] · frequency rank #38,411*
Ruhe, Schweigen, Stille

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