# scharf vs shark

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scharf
*adjective · IPA [ʃaʁf] · frequency rank #3,070*
fähig, etwas zu (zer)schneiden oder zu stechen

### shark
*noun · IPA [ʃɑːk] · frequency rank #40,843*
der Haifisch, Hai

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