# doof vs doofen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### doof
*adjective · IPA [doːf] · frequency rank #4,418*
dumm, beschränkt

### doofen
*adjective · IPA [ˈdoːfn̩] · frequency rank #33,534*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs doof

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