repostvsstarsTell them apart

Which to use

“repost” and “stars” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,790
“repost” frequency rank
#3,921
“stars” frequency rank
44711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repost stars
Definition Repost Plural des Substantivs star

Letter map: repost vs stars

Shared letters muted; letters that set repost and stars apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
repost
5 ch
stars

Corpus notes: repost and stars

repost and stars are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repost is recorded at frequency rank #40,790, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. stars is at rank #3,921, tagged as anoun, 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 44711, this pair ranks #1,377,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repost vs stars

Shared letters: rst. Private to "repost": eop. Private to "stars": a.

"repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "stars" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reposterpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost
  • starssatrs · sstars · starrs · starss · stasr · stras · sttars · tsars

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repost" and "stars" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "repost" vs "stars" - which ranks higher?
"stars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,921 in our German list, against #40,790 for "repost". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "repost" and "stars". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,377,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repost" and "stars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs repost". 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 #1,377,220 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