# sinken vs Sönke

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sinken
*verb · IPA [ˈzɪŋkn̩] · frequency rank #5,763*
untergehen

### Sönke
*name · IPA [ˈzøːnkə] · frequency rank #47,042*
männlicher Vorname

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