# Worms vs worum

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Worms
*name · IPA [vɔʁms] · frequency rank #12,418*
eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

### worum
*adverb · IPA [voˈʁʊm] · frequency rank #6,880*
um welche Sache/Angelegenheit

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