# stick vs struck

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### stick
*verb · IPA [ʃtɪk] · frequency rank #10,572*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs sticken

### struck
*verb · IPA [ˈstɹʌk] · frequency rank #47,031*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike

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