# Strafe vs strike

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Strafe
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtʁaːfə] · frequency rank #2,557*
Sanktion, wegen Fehlverhalten erhaltene Reaktion

### strike
*noun · IPA [stɹaɪk] · frequency rank #16,295*
Schlag, Angriff

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