Which to use
“shi” is a pronoun and “Stil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,128
- “shi” frequency rank
- #1,942
- “Stil” frequency rank
- 44070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shi | Stil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personalpronomen 3. Person Maskulinum Singular; er | besondere Gestaltungsweise (in Kunst, Leben, Sport und so weiter) |
Where the eye mixes shi and Stil
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: shi vs Stil
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: shi is [ʃíː] while Stil is [ʃtiːl]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shi is recorded at frequency rank #42,128, classified as apron, pronounced [ʃíː]. Stil is at rank #1,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtiːl].
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 44070, this pair ranks #1,398,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shi vs Stil
Shared letters: is. Private to "shi": h. Private to "Stil": lt.
"shi" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "Stil" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Stil ← sitl · sstil · stli · sttil · tsil
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "shi" for "Stil" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "shi" or "Stil" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "shi" and "Stil" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "shi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,398,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shi" and "Stil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seg vs shi". 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 #1,398,015 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.