# short vs sort

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### short
*verb · IPA [ʃɔːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #11,751*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten

### sort
*adjective · IPA [soɒ̯d] · frequency rank #39,634*
eine schwarze Farbe habend

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