# wig vs Wild

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wig
*noun · IPA [wɪɡ] · frequency rank #46,402*
die Perücke

### Wild
*noun · IPA [vɪlt] · frequency rank #2,629*
Gesamtheit freilebender, jagdbarer Tiere

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wig-vs-wild