# Stengel vs strenger

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Stengel
*name · IPA [ˈʃtɛŋl̩] · frequency rank #33,834*
deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname

### strenger
*adjective · IPA [ˈʃtʁɛŋɐ] · frequency rank #15,756*
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs streng

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