spacesvsStabesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#38,421
“spaces” frequency rank
#42,145
“Stabes” frequency rank
80566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature spaces Stabes
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stab

Letter map: spaces vs Stabes

Shared letters muted; letters that set spaces and Stabes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
spaces
6 ch
Stabes

Role in the sentence - spaces and Stabes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spaces is averb and Stabesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spaces is recorded at frequency rank #38,421, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stabes is at rank #42,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaːbəs].

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 80566, this pair ranks #193,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of spaces vs Stabes

Shared letters: aes. Private to "spaces": cp. Private to "Stabes": bt.

"spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Stabes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • spacespsaces · sapces · spacces · spacess · spacse · spaecs · spcaes · sppaces
  • Stabessatbes · sstabes · stabbes · stabess · stabse · staebs · stbaes · sttabes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "spaces" and "Stabes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "spaces" is a verb and "Stabes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "spaces" or "Stabes"?
"spaces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,421 in our German list, against #42,145 for "Stabes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "spaces" and "Stabes". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "spaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stabes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,022 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "spaces" and "Stabes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stabes vs Stuben". 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 #193,022 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