StädtevsStuteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Städte” and “Stute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,748
“Städte” frequency rank
#17,736
“Stute” frequency rank
19484
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Städte Stute
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stadt weibliches Tier der Familien Pferde (Equidae) und Kamele (Camelidae)

Where the eye mixes Städte and Stute

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Städte
5 ch
Stute

Look-alike desk: Städte vs Stute

A purely visual mix-up. Städte ([ˈʃtɛːtə]) and Stute ([ˈʃtuːtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Städte is recorded at frequency rank #1,748, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛːtə]. Stute is at rank #17,736, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtuːtə].

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 19484, this pair ranks #1,907,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Städte vs Stute

Shared letters: est. Private to "Städte": . Private to "Stute": u.

"Städte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Stute" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stutesstute · sttue · sttute · stuet · stutte · sutte · tsute

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Städte" and "Stute" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtɛːtə] versus [ˈʃtuːtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Städte" or "Stute" show up more?
"Städte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,748 in our German list, against #17,736 for "Stute". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Städte" and "Stute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Städte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,907,853 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Städte" and "Stute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stute vs Stuten". 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 #1,907,853 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