# Skier vs sniper

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Skier
*noun · IPA [ˈʃiːɐ] · frequency rank #46,283*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ski

### sniper
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #45,588*
der Scharfschütze, der Heckenschütze

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