# tail vs tank

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### tail
*noun · IPA [teɪl] · frequency rank #40,881*
Schwanz

### tank
*verb · IPA [taŋk] · frequency rank #8,463*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tail-vs-tank