empiresvsStadlerTell them apart

Quick tell: empires is a noun, Stadler is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“empires” is a noun and “Stadler” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,743
“empires” frequency rank
#18,074
“Stadler” frequency rank
53817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empires Stadler
Definition Plural des Substantivs empire deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: empires vs Stadler

Shared letters muted; letters that set empires and Stadler apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. empires (VCCVCVC) and Stadler (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
empires
7 ch
Stadler

Grammar separator: empires vs Stadler

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: empires is anoun and Stadleraname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empires is recorded at frequency rank #35,743, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Stadler is at rank #18,074, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 53817, this pair ranks #1,043,097 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of empires vs Stadler

Shared letters: ers. Private to "empires": imp. Private to "Stadler": adlt.

"empires" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "Stadler" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empiresemipres · emmpires · empiers · empiress · empirres · empirse · emppires · empries
  • Stadlersatdler · sstadler · staddler · stadelr · stadlerr · stadller · stadlre · stalder

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "empires" and "Stadler" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "empires" is a noun and "Stadler" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "empires" or "Stadler" show up more?
"Stadler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,074 in our German list, against #35,743 for "empires". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "empires" and "Stadler". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "empires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stadler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,043,097 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empires" and "Stadler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empires vs puzzles". 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 #1,043,097 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list