# tail vs Tau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Tau
*noun · IPA [taʊ̯] · frequency rank #21,445*
Niederschlag, durch Abkühlung (in Bodennähe) kondensierter Wasserdampf

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