# step vs steppe

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### step
*noun · IPA [stɛp] · frequency rank #18,712*
die Stufe

### steppe
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtɛpə] · frequency rank #32,788*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steppen

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