# starten vs Stauden

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### starten
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtaʁtn̩] · frequency rank #1,990*
einen Vorgang beginnen

### Stauden
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtaʊ̯dn̩] · frequency rank #40,861*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Staude

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