StaatevsStättenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Staate” and “Stätten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,640
“Staate” frequency rank
#21,443
“Stätten” frequency rank
58083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Staate Stätten
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Staat Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stätte

Where the eye mixes Staate and Stätten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Staate
7 ch
Stätten

Look-alike desk: Staate vs Stätten

A purely visual mix-up. Staate ([ˈʃtaːtə]) and Stätten ([ˈʃtɛtn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Staate is recorded at frequency rank #36,640, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaːtə]. Stätten is at rank #21,443, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛtn̩].

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 58083, this pair ranks #876,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Staate vs Stätten

Shared letters: est. Private to "Staate": a. Private to "Stätten": .

"Staate" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "Stätten" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Staatesatate · sstaate · staaet · staatte · statae · sttaate · tsaate

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Staate" and "Stätten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtaːtə] versus [ˈʃtɛtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Staate" or "Stätten" show up more?
"Stätten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,443 in our German list, against #36,640 for "Staate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Staate" and "Stätten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Staate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stätten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #876,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Staate" and "Stätten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Staate vs stärkte". 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 #876,535 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