# Spur vs surf

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Spur
*noun · IPA [ʃpuːɐ̯] · frequency rank #2,469*
hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft

### surf
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #36,052*
das Surfen, der Surfsport

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