Kölle vs sta, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Kölle” is a name and “sta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank: #18,707
“sta” frequency rank: 68562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Kölle	sta
Definition	deutscher Nachname, Familienname	Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs star (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)

Letter map: Kölle vs sta

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and sta apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch

Kölle

3 ch

sta

Part-of-speech tell for Kölle / sta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and staaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. sta is at rank #18,707, tagged as averb, 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 68562, this pair ranks #503,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs sta

Shared letters: none. Private to "Kölle": eklö. Private to "sta": ast.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sta" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Kölle" for "sta" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "sta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Kölle" or "sta" show up more?

"sta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,707 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Kölle" vs "sta" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #503,861 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Kölle" and "sta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #503,861 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.