# schocken vs Schöffen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### schocken
*verb · IPA [ˈʃɔkn̩] · frequency rank #45,571*
jemanden erschrecken

### Schöffen
*noun · IPA [ˈʃœfn̩] · frequency rank #44,212*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Schöffe

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