# Städten vs standen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Städten
*noun · IPA [ˈʃtɛːtn̩] · frequency rank #2,088*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stadt

### standen
*verb · IPA [ˈʃtandn̩] · frequency rank #1,826*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs stehen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/stadten-vs-standen