# Spass vs Staus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Spass
*noun · IPA [ʃpaːs] · frequency rank #524*
Spaß

### Staus
*noun · IPA [ʃtaʊ̯s] · frequency rank #23,322*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stau

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