starsvsStausTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,921
“stars” frequency rank
#23,322
“Staus” frequency rank
27243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stars Staus
Definition Plural des Substantivs star Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stau

Letter map: stars vs Staus

Shared letters muted; letters that set stars and Staus apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
stars
5 ch
Staus

Spelling & dictionary notes on stars vs Staus

stars and Staus are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - r in “stars” becomes u in “Staus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stars is recorded at frequency rank #3,921, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Staus is at rank #23,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtaʊ̯s].

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 27243, this pair ranks #1,804,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stars vs Staus

Shared letters: ast. Private to "stars": r. Private to "Staus": u.

"stars" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Staus" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • starssatrs · sstars · starrs · starss · stasr · stras · sttars · tsars
  • Staussatus · sstaus · stasu · stauss · stuas · tsaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stars" and "Staus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - r in “stars” becomes u in “Staus”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "stars" or "Staus"?
"stars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,921 in our German list, against #23,322 for "Staus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "stars" and "Staus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Staus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,804,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stars" and "Staus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Staus vs steps". 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 #1,804,928 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