Which to use
“dastehen” and “dasteht” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,552
- “dastehen” frequency rank
- #30,504
- “dasteht” frequency rank
- 48056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dastehen | dasteht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (vor jemandes Augen) an einem nicht näher bestimmten Platz stehen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs dastehen |
Where the eye mixes dastehen and dasteht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dastehen runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against dasteht's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dastehen with dasteht
A purely visual mix-up. dastehen ([ˈdaːˌʃteːən]) and dasteht ([ˈdaːˌʃteːt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dastehen is recorded at frequency rank #17,552, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈdaːˌʃteːən]. dasteht is at rank #30,504, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈdaːˌʃteːt].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48056, this pair ranks #1,262,407 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dastehen vs dasteht
Shared letters: adehst. Private to "dastehen": n. Private to "dasteht": -.
"dastehen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dasteht" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dastehen" and "dasteht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "dastehen" or "dasteht" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dastehen" and "dasteht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dastehen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dasteht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,262,407 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dastehen" and "dasteht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dastehen vs dazustehen". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,262,407 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.