# spirit vs Spiritus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### spirit
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #15,483*
der Geist

### Spiritus
*noun · IPA [ˈspiːʁitʊs] · frequency rank #35,457*
Hauch, Atem (Hauchlaut); Lebenshauch, Geist

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