# seien vs sign

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### seien
*verb · IPA [ˈzaɪ̯ən] · frequency rank #782*
1. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sein

### sign
*noun · IPA [saɪn] · frequency rank #22,142*
Zeichen, Geste

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