# Salben vs starben

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Salben
*noun · IPA [ˈzalbn̩] · frequency rank #42,105*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Salbe

### starben
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtaʁbn̩] · frequency rank #5,883*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben

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