Which to use
“skate” is a verb and “Späth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,585
- “skate” frequency rank
- #47,741
- “Späth” frequency rank
- 93326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skate | Späth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs skaten | deutscher Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: skate vs Späth
Shared letters muted; letters that set skate and Späth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. skate (CCVCV) and Späth (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for skate / Späth
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: skate is averb and Späthaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skate is recorded at frequency rank #45,585, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈskɛɪ̯tə]. Späth is at rank #47,741, tagged as aname, 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 93326, this pair ranks #23,566 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skate vs Späth
Shared letters: st. Private to "skate": aek. Private to "Späth": hpä.
"skate" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Späth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- skate ← sakte · skaet · skatte · skkate · sktae · sskate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "skate" for "Späth" ever safe?
Frequency check: "skate" vs "Späth" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "skate" and "Späth". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "skate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Späth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,566 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skate" and "Späth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Späth". 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 #23,566 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.