# sterben vs Stern

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sterben
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩] · frequency rank #1,336*
aufhören zu leben

### Stern
*noun · IPA [ʃtɛʁn] · frequency rank #2,617*
massereiche, selbst leuchtende Gaskugel, Himmelskörper

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sterben-vs-stern