StadlervsStädteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Stadler is a name, Städte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Stadler” is a name and “Städte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,074
“Stadler” frequency rank
#1,748
“Städte” frequency rank
19822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stadler Städte
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stadt

Letter map: Stadler vs Städte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stadler and Städte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
Stadler
6 ch
Städte

Grammar separator: Stadler vs Städte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stadler is aname and Städteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stadler is recorded at frequency rank #18,074, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Städte is at rank #1,748, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛːtə].

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 19822, this pair ranks #1,904,214 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stadler vs Städte

Shared letters: dest. Private to "Stadler": alr. Private to "Städte": ä.

"Stadler" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Städte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stadlersatdler · sstadler · staddler · stadelr · stadlerr · stadller · stadlre · stalder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stadler" for "Städte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stadler" is a name and "Städte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Stadler" or "Städte"?
"Städte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,748 in our German list, against #18,074 for "Stadler". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "Stadler" vs "Städte" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stadler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Städte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,904,214 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stadler" and "Städte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Stadler". 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 #1,904,214 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