# shark vs starb

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### starb
*verb · IPA [ʃtaʁp] · frequency rank #1,861*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-starb