# Stabes vs starben

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Stabes
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtaːbəs] · frequency rank #42,145*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stab

### starben
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtaʁbn̩] · frequency rank #5,883*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sterben

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