# Worte vs worum

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Worte
*noun · IPA [ˈvɔʁtə] · frequency rank #1,002*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wort

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

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