# scharfen vs Schurken

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scharfen
*adjective · IPA [ˈʃaʁfn̩] · frequency rank #9,448*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs scharf

### Schurken
*noun · IPA [ˈʃʊʁkən] · frequency rank #31,780*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schurke

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