SattevsstattWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Satte is a noun, statt is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Satte” is a noun and “statt” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,757
“Satte” frequency rank
#315
“statt” frequency rank
22072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Satte statt
Definition größere (flache) Schüssel, vor allem für Milch schließt zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion ›zu‹ einen abhängigen Infinitiv an und zeigt einen Gegensatz/ eine SubstitutionSubstitutiondefiniert) -> »statt zu«

Where the eye mixes Satte and statt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Satte
5 ch
statt

Look-alike desk: Satte vs statt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Satte is [ˈzatə] while statt is [ʃtat]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Satte is recorded at frequency rank #21,757, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzatə]. statt is at rank #315, tagged as aconj, pronounced [ʃtat].

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 22072, this pair ranks #1,878,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Satte vs statt

Shared letters: ast. Private to "Satte": e. Private to "statt": -.

"Satte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "statt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Satteastte · sate · satet · ssatte
  • stattsattt · sstatt · stat · sttat · sttatt · tsatt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Satte" for "statt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Satte" is a noun and "statt" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Satte" or "statt" show up more?
"statt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #315 in our German list, against #21,757 for "Satte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Satte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "statt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,878,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Satte" and "statt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Satte vs stattet". 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 #1,878,686 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