stanvsstopWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stan is a noun, stop is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stan” is a noun and “stop” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,676
“stan” frequency rank
#6,109
“stop” frequency rank
20785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stan stop
Definition Wohnung Aufforderung auf Verkehrszeichen, Drucktasten oder dergleichen zum Anhalten beziehungsweise zum sofortigen Beenden von etwas

Letter map: stan vs stop

Shared letters muted; letters that set stan and stop apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
stan
4 ch
stop

Part-of-speech tell for stan / stop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stan is anoun and stopanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stan is recorded at frequency rank #14,676, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈstaːn]. stop is at rank #6,109, tagged as anintj, pronounced […].

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 20785, this pair ranks #1,893,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stan vs stop

Shared letters: st. Private to "stan": an. Private to "stop": op.

"stan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stansatn · sstan · stann · stna · sttan · tsan
  • stopsotp · sstop · sttop · tsop

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stan" and "stop" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stan" is a noun and "stop" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "stan" or "stop" show up more?
"stop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,109 in our German list, against #14,676 for "stan". 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 "stan" and "stop".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,893,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stan" and "stop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Satin vs stan". 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 #1,893,794 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