StandevsständigTell them apart

Quick tell: Stande is a noun, ständig is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Stande” is a noun and “ständig” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,487
“Stande” frequency rank
#1,244
“ständig” frequency rank
16731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stande ständig
Definition Dativ Singular des Substantivs Stand immer während, oder mindestens über einen langen Zeitraum hinweg

Where the eye mixes Stande and ständig

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

6 ch
Stande
7 ch
ständig

Look-alike desk: Stande vs ständig

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Stande is [ˈʃtandə] while ständig is [ˈʃtɛndɪç]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stande is recorded at frequency rank #15,487, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtandə]. ständig is at rank #1,244, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtɛndɪç].

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 16731, this pair ranks #1,933,433 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stande vs ständig

Shared letters: dnst. Private to "Stande": ae. Private to "ständig": giä.

"Stande" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "ständig" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Standesatnde · sstande · stadne · standde · staned · stannde · stnade · sttande

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stande" for "ständig" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stande" is a noun and "ständig" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Stande" or "ständig"?
"ständig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,244 in our German list, against #15,487 for "Stande". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ständig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,933,433 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stande" and "ständig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stande vs staunte". 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 #1,933,433 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