slamvsstaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#12,387
“slam” frequency rank
#18,707
“sta” frequency rank
31094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature slam sta
Definition Poetry-Slam, Poetryslam, Slam Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs star (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)

Letter map: slam vs sta

Shared letters muted; letters that set slam and sta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
slam
3 ch
sta

Part-of-speech tell for slam / sta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: slam is anoun and staaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

slam is recorded at frequency rank #12,387, classified as anoun, pronounced [slam]. sta is at rank #18,707, 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 31094, this pair ranks #1,734,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of slam vs sta

Shared letters: as. Private to "slam": lm. Private to "sta": t.

"slam" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "sta" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • slamlsam · salm · slamm · sllam · slma · sslam

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "slam" and "sta" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "slam" is a noun and "sta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "slam" or "sta" show up more?
"slam" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,387 in our German list, against #18,707 for "sta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "slam" and "sta".

  • Full dictionary entry for "slam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,734,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "slam" and "sta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sta". 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 #1,734,921 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