StabesvsstartsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#42,145
“Stabes” frequency rank
#22,904
“starts” frequency rank
65049
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stabes starts
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stab 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs start

Letter map: Stabes vs starts

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

6 ch
Stabes
6 ch
starts

Part-of-speech tell for Stabes / starts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stabes is anoun and startsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stabes is recorded at frequency rank #42,145, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaːbəs]. starts is at rank #22,904, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 65049, this pair ranks #620,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Stabes vs starts

Shared letters: ast. Private to "Stabes": be. Private to "starts": r.

"Stabes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "starts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stabessatbes · sstabes · stabbes · stabess · stabse · staebs · stbaes · sttabes
  • startssatrts · sstarts · starrts · starst · startss · startts · statrs · strats

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stabes" for "starts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stabes" is a noun and "starts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Stabes" or "starts"?
"starts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,904 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stabes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "starts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #620,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stabes" and "starts" 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 #620,292 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