# writer vs written

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### writer
*noun · IPA [ˈraɪtəʳ] · frequency rank #49,403*
Schreiber, Schreibender

### written
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,644*
Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write

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