# staff vs Staffel

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### staff
*noun · IPA [stɑːf] · frequency rank #32,780*
Lehrkörper, Mitarbeiterstab, Personal

### Staffel
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtafl̩] · frequency rank #2,219*
eine Einheit

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