# Sprung vs String

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sprung
*noun · IPA [ʃpʁʊŋ] · frequency rank #5,117*
feiner Riss in einem festen Material

### String
*noun · IPA [stʁɪŋ] · frequency rank #17,735*
sehr knappe Slip-/ Höschenform; Stringtanga

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