# steifen vs Stoffen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### steifen
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯fn̩] · frequency rank #22,517*
etwas steif machen; anspannen

### Stoffen
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtɔfn̩] · frequency rank #12,796*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stoff

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