# Stoff vs straf

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Stoff
*noun · IPA [ʃtɔf] · frequency rank #2,921*
das Material, die Materie

### straf
*verb · IPA [ʃtʁaːf] · frequency rank #30,307*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strafen

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