SitzevssteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Sitze is a noun, ste is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sitze” is a noun and “ste” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,791
“Sitze” frequency rank
#25,778
“ste” frequency rank
28569
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sitze ste
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Sitz 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs biti

Letter map: Sitze vs ste

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sitze and ste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Sitze
3 ch
ste

Role in the sentence - Sitze and ste

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sitze is anoun and steaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sitze is recorded at frequency rank #2,791, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzɪt͡sə]. ste is at rank #25,778, tagged as averb, 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 28569, this pair ranks #1,782,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Sitze vs ste

Shared letters: est. Private to "Sitze": iz. Private to "ste": -.

"Sitze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "ste" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sitzeistze · sitez · sittze · sitzze · sizte · ssitze · stize

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Sitze" and "ste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sitze" is a noun and "ste" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Sitze" or "ste"?
"Sitze" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,791 in our German list, against #25,778 for "ste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Sitze" and "ste". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sitze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,782,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sitze" and "ste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ste". 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 #1,782,455 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