# talk vs told

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### talk
*verb · IPA [tɔːk] · frequency rank #7,537*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs talken

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/talk-vs-told