# tale vs told

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### tale
*noun · IPA [ˈteɪl] · frequency rank #32,304*
Bericht

### told
*verb · IPA [təʊld] · frequency rank #44,284*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs tell

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