startetvsStätteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: startet is a verb, Stätte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“startet” is a verb and “Stätte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,616
“startet” frequency rank
#19,409
“Stätte” frequency rank
22025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature startet Stätte
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs starten besonderer Ort, an dem sich etwas befindet beziehungsweise etwas passiert ist

Where the eye mixes startet and Stätte

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

7 ch
startet
6 ch
Stätte

Look-alike desk: startet vs Stätte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: startet is [ˈʃtaʁtət] while Stätte is [ˈʃtɛtə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

startet is recorded at frequency rank #2,616, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtaʁtət]. Stätte is at rank #19,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛtə].

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 22025, this pair ranks #1,879,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of startet vs Stätte

Shared letters: est. Private to "startet": ar. Private to "Stätte": ä.

"startet" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Stätte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • startetsatrtet · sstartet · starett · starrtet · startett · startte · starttet · statret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "startet" and "Stätte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "startet" is a verb and "Stätte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "startet" or "Stätte" show up more?
"startet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,616 in our German list, against #19,409 for "Stätte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "startet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stätte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,879,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "startet" and "Stätte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stärkte vs Stätte". 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 #1,879,272 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