# Sperber vs sterben

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sperber
*noun · IPA [ˈʃpɛʁbɐ] · frequency rank #44,234*
der kleinste deutsche Greifvogel

### sterben
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩] · frequency rank #1,336*
aufhören zu leben

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