# saufen vs saurer

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### saufen
*verb · IPA [ˈzaʊ̯fn̩] · frequency rank #9,622*
trinken

### saurer
*adjective · IPA [ˈzaʊ̯ʁɐ] · frequency rank #40,190*
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs sauer

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