# Steffen vs steife

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Steffen
*name · IPA [ˈʃtɛfn̩] · frequency rank #8,630*
männlicher Vorname

### steife
*adjective · IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯fə] · frequency rank #44,248*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs steif

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