stadevsstandsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stade is a adjective, stands is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stade” is an adjective and “stands” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,485
“stade” frequency rank
#42,843
“stands” frequency rank
58328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stade stands
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stad Plural des Substantivs stand

Letter map: stade vs stands

Shared letters muted; letters that set stade and stands apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stade runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against stands's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
stade
6 ch
stands

Role in the sentence - stade and stands

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stade is anadjective and standsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stade is recorded at frequency rank #15,485, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtaːdə]. stands is at rank #42,843, tagged as anoun, 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 58328, this pair ranks #867,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stade vs stands

Shared letters: adst. Private to "stade": e. Private to "stands": n.

"stade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "stands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stade ← satde · sstade · stadde · staed · stdae · sttade · tsade
  • stands ← satnds · sstands · stadns · standds · standss · stannds · stansd · stnads

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stade" and "stands" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stade" is an adjective and "stands" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "stade" or "stands"?
"stade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,485 in our German list, against #42,843 for "stands". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "stade" vs "stands" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #867,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stade" and "stands" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stands". 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 #867,044 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