Which to use
“Staat” is a noun and “statt” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #895
- “Staat” frequency rank
- #315
- “statt” frequency rank
- 1210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Staat | statt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nach Einfluss oder Aufgabe gestaffeltes System aus Individuen | schließt zusammen mit der Infinitivkonjunktion ›zu‹ einen abhängigen Infinitiv an und zeigt einen Gegensatz/ eine SubstitutionSubstitutiondefiniert) -> »statt zu« |
Same sound, different letters: Staat vs statt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - Staat / statt
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Staat and statt carry the same recorded pronunciation, [ʃtaːt]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other aconjunction, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - a in “Staat” becomes t in “statt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Staat is recorded at frequency rank #895, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtaːt]. statt is at rank #315, tagged as aconj, pronounced [ʃtat].
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 1210, this pair ranks #2,004,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Staat vs statt
Shared letters: ast. Private to "Staat": -. Private to "statt": -.
"Staat" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "statt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "Staat" / "statt". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "Staat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "statt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,004,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Staat" and "statt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "statt vs stattet". 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 #2,004,726 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.