# trau vs trek

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### trau
*verb · IPA [tʁaʊ̯] · frequency rank #16,849*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs trauen

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

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