# spare vs Stäbe

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### spare
*verb · IPA [ˈʃpaːʁə] · frequency rank #17,136*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sparen

### Stäbe
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtɛːbə] · frequency rank #35,472*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stab

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