# Strasbourg vs Strasburg

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Strasbourg
*name · IPA /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/ · frequency rank #23,115*
The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.

### Strasburg
*name · frequency rank #45,680*
A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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