StadlervssteilerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Stadler is a name, steiler is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#18,074
“Stadler” frequency rank
#34,383
“steiler” frequency rank
52457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stadler steiler
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs steil

Letter map: Stadler vs steiler

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stadler and steiler apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
Stadler
7 ch
steiler

Part-of-speech tell for Stadler / steiler

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stadler is aname and steileranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stadler is recorded at frequency rank #18,074, classified as aname, pronounced […]. steiler is at rank #34,383, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtaɪ̯lɐ].

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 52457, this pair ranks #1,096,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Stadler vs steiler

Shared letters: elrst. Private to "Stadler": ad. Private to "steiler": i.

"Stadler" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "steiler" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stadlersatdler · sstadler · staddler · stadelr · stadlerr · stadller · stadlre · stalder
  • steilersetiler · ssteiler · steielr · steilerr · steiller · steilre · stelier · stieler

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stadler" for "steiler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stadler" is a name and "steiler" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Stadler" vs "steiler" - which ranks higher?
"Stadler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,074 in our German list, against #34,383 for "steiler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Stadler" and "steiler".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stadler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "steiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,096,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stadler" and "steiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "steiler vs Stilen". 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 #1,096,144 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