StandortvsStandortesWhich spelling fits?

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

#2,470
“Standort” frequency rank
#34,381
“Standortes” frequency rank
36851
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Standort Standortes
Definition Platz, an dem jemand oder etwas physisch steht; Position, in/an der sich jemand oder etwas befindet Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Standort

Where the eye mixes Standort and Standortes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
Standort
10 ch
Standortes

Visual trap between Standort and Standortes

A purely visual mix-up. Standort ([ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁt]) and Standortes ([ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁtəs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Standort” sits inside “Standortes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Standort is recorded at frequency rank #2,470, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁt]. Standortes is at rank #34,381, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁtəs].

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 36851, this pair ranks #1,605,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Standort vs Standortes

Shared letters: adnorst. Private to "Standort": -. Private to "Standortes": e.

"Standort" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC  ·  "Standortes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Standortsatndort · sstandort · stadnort · standdort · standorrt · standortt · standotr · standrot
  • Standortessatndortes · sstandortes · stadnortes · standdortes · standorets · standorrtes · standortess · standortse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Standort" and "Standortes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁt] versus [ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁtəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Standort" or "Standortes"?
"Standort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,470 in our German list, against #34,381 for "Standortes". 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 "Standort" and "Standortes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Standort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Standortes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,605,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Standort" and "Standortes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Standortes vs Standorts". 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 #1,605,124 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