# VA vs vom

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### VA
*abbrev · IPA [faʊ̯ˈʔaː] · frequency rank #13,970*
Verwaltungsakt

### vom
*abbrev · IPA [fɔm] · frequency rank #88*
von dem

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