# trat vs trek

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### trat
*verb · IPA [tʁaːt] · frequency rank #1,946*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs treten

### trek
*noun · IPA [tʁɛk] · frequency rank #12,607*
Trekking, Trecking

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