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“staatliche” and “staatliches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,339
- “staatliche” frequency rank
- #23,716
- “staatliches” frequency rank
- 27055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | staatliche | staatliches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs staatlich | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs staatlich |
Where the eye mixes staatliche and staatliches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. staatliche runs 10 letters (CCVVCCVCCV) against staatliches's 11 (CCVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: staatliche vs staatliches
A purely visual mix-up. staatliche ([ˈʃtaːtlɪçə]) and staatliches ([ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “staatliche” sits inside “staatliches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
staatliche is recorded at frequency rank #3,339, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtaːtlɪçə]. staatliches is at rank #23,716, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs].
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 27055, this pair ranks #1,808,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of staatliche vs staatliches
Shared letters: acehilst. Private to "staatliche": -. Private to "staatliches": -.
"staatliche" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV · "staatliches" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- staatliche ← satatliche · sstaatliche · staaltiche · staatilche · staatlcihe · staatlicche · staatliceh · staatlichhe
- staatliches ← satatliches · sstaatliches · staaltiches · staatilches · staatlcihes · staatlicches · staatlicehs · staatlichess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "staatliche" and "staatliches" be used interchangeably?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "staatliche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "staatliches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,808,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "staatliche" and "staatliches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "staatliches vs stattlichen". 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 #1,808,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.