# Virus vs vis

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Virus
*noun · IPA [ˈviːʁʊs] · frequency rank #4,083*
kleinster Krankheitserreger, der sich nur in Zellen vermehren kann

### vis
*noun · IPA [vis] · frequency rank #23,775*
Schraube

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