Which to use
“she's” is an abbrev and “stets” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,483
- “she's” frequency rank
- #1,337
- “stets” frequency rank
- 49820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | she's | stets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | she is: sie ist | zu jeder Zeit, immer |
Letter map: she's vs stets
Shared letters muted; letters that set she's and stets apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. she's runs 4 letters (CCVC) against stets's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - she's and stets
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she's is anabbrev and stetsanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
she's is recorded at frequency rank #48,483, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. stets is at rank #1,337, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ʃteːt͡s].
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 49820, this pair ranks #1,197,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of she's vs stets
Shared letters: es. Private to "she's": h. Private to "stets": t.
"she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "stets" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stets ← setts · sstets · stest · stetss · stetts · sttes · sttets · tsets
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "she's" for "stets" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "she's" vs "stets" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "she's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,197,117 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "she's" and "stets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs she's". 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 #1,197,117 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.