# steife vs stile

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stile
*noun · IPA [ˈstiːle] · frequency rank #14,180*
Stil m

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