# staff vs Stoff

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Stoff
*noun · IPA [ʃtɔf] · frequency rank #2,921*
das Material, die Materie

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