# Unwissen vs unwissend

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Unwissen
*noun · IPA [ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩] · frequency rank #44,314*
mangelnde Kenntnis, mangelndes Wissen

### unwissend
*adjective · IPA [ˈʊnˌvɪsn̩t] · frequency rank #31,329*
kein (hinreichendes) Wissen habend

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