# series vs spies

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### series
*verb · IPA [səˈɾiəs] · frequency rank #13,018*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Konditional Aktiv des Verbs ésser

### spies
*verb · IPA [ʃpiːs] · frequency rank #43,504*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs speisen

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