# water vs wüten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### water
*noun · IPA [ˈwɔːtə] · frequency rank #12,830*
das Wasser

### wüten
*verb · IPA [ˈvyːtn̩] · frequency rank #42,274*
kraftvoll agierend und oft ungerichtet Zerstörungen anrichten

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