# Schaff vs staff

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Schaff
*noun · IPA [ʃaf] · frequency rank #14,665*
größeres, oben offenes Holzgefäß

### staff
*noun · IPA [stɑːf] · frequency rank #32,780*
Lehrkörper, Mitarbeiterstab, Personal

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