StällevsStarteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#34,926
“Ställe” frequency rank
#16,555
“Starte” frequency rank
51481
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ställe Starte
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stall selten: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Start

Where the eye mixes Ställe and Starte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Ställe
6 ch
Starte

Look-alike desk: Ställe vs Starte

A purely visual mix-up. Ställe ([ˈʃtɛlə]) and Starte ([ˈʃtaʁtə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ställe is recorded at frequency rank #34,926, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛlə]. Starte is at rank #16,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaʁtə].

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 51481, this pair ranks #1,133,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ställe vs Starte

Shared letters: est. Private to "Ställe": . Private to "Starte": ar.

"Ställe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Starte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Startesatrte · sstarte · staret · statre · strate · sttarte · tsarte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ställe" and "Starte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtɛlə] versus [ˈʃtaʁtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Ställe" or "Starte"?
"Starte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,555 in our German list, against #34,926 for "Ställe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ställe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Starte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,133,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ställe" and "Starte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ställe vs staune". 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 #1,133,913 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