# Steine vs Steiner

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Steine
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯nə] · frequency rank #3,850*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Stein

### Steiner
*name · IPA [ʃtaɪ̯nɐ] · frequency rank #9,460*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

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