# za vs ze

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### za
*noun · IPA [zɑː] · frequency rank #27,140*
Pizza

### ze
*pronoun · IPA [zə] · frequency rank #19,459*
unbetonte Form des Personalpronomens zij (Subjektform der dritten Person Singular Femininum): sie

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