# kloppen vs knappen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### kloppen
*verb · IPA [ˈklɔpn̩] · frequency rank #43,290*
schlagen

### knappen
*adjective · IPA [ˈknapn̩] · frequency rank #10,121*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs knapp

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