# silence vs since

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### since
*adverb · IPA [sɪns] · frequency rank #28,858*
seitdem, seither

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