Which to use
“shame” is a verb and “Stäbe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,491
- “shame” frequency rank
- #35,472
- “Stäbe” frequency rank
- 78963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shame | Stäbe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden beschämen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stab |
Letter map: shame vs Stäbe
Shared letters muted; letters that set shame and Stäbe apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. shame and Stäbe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for shame / Stäbe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shame is averb and Stäbeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shame is recorded at frequency rank #43,491, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stäbe is at rank #35,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛːbə].
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 78963, this pair ranks #226,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shame vs Stäbe
Shared letters: es. Private to "shame": ahm. Private to "Stäbe": btä.
"shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Stäbe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shame" and "Stäbe" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "shame" or "Stäbe"?
What to do next
Pair "shame" vs "Stäbe" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "shame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stäbe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,732 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shame" and "Stäbe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shame". 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 #226,732 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.