# wink vs wish

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wink
*verb · IPA [vɪŋk] · frequency rank #22,970*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs winken

### wish
*noun · IPA [wɪʃ] · frequency rank #28,948*
der Wunsch, das Verlangen

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