# Spanier vs Spanner

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Spanier
*noun · IPA [ˈʃpaːni̯ɐ] · frequency rank #6,975*
Bürger von Spanien

### Spanner
*noun · IPA [ˈʃpanɐ] · frequency rank #35,454*
jemand, der heimlich andere Personen beobachtet

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