Which to use
“staatliche” and “stattliche” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,339
- “staatliche” frequency rank
- #24,523
- “stattliche” frequency rank
- 27862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | staatliche | stattliche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs staatlich | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stattlich |
Same sound, different letters: staatliche vs stattliche
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. staatliche (CCVVCCVCCV) and stattliche (CCVCCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - staatliche / stattliche
This is the hard kind. staatliche and stattliche are pronounced identically ([ˈʃtaːtlɪçə]) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - a in “staatliche” becomes t in “stattliche”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27862, 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]. stattliche is at rank #24,523, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtatlɪçə].
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 27862, this pair ranks #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of staatliche vs stattliche
Shared letters: acehilst. Private to "staatliche": -. Private to "stattliche": -.
"staatliche" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV · "stattliche" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- staatliche ← satatliche · sstaatliche · staaltiche · staatilche · staatlcihe · staatlicche · staatliceh · staatlichhe
- stattliche ← satttliche · sstattliche · statltiche · stattilche · stattlcihe · stattlicche · stattliceh · stattlichhe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "staatliche" for "stattliche" ever safe?
Frequency check: "staatliche" vs "stattliche" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"staatliche" and "stattliche" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "staatliche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stattliche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "staatliche" and "stattliche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stattliche 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 #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.