# wire vs Wurm

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wire
*noun · IPA [waɪə] · frequency rank #33,395*
Draht, Anschlusskabel

### Wurm
*noun · IPA [vʊʁm] · frequency rank #11,791*
wirbelloses, bilateral-symmetrisches, langgestrecktes Tier

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