# spacken vs stärken

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### spacken
*verb · IPA [ˈʃpakn̩] · frequency rank #42,829*
spachen

### stärken
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtɛʁkn̩] · frequency rank #3,487*
stark, belastbar machen; kräftiger, leistungsfähiger machen

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