startsvsStätteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#22,904
“starts” frequency rank
#19,409
“Stätte” frequency rank
42313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: starts vs Stätte

Shared letters muted; letters that set starts and Stätte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
starts
6 ch
Stätte

Grammar separator: starts vs Stätte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: starts is averb and Stätteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

starts is recorded at frequency rank #22,904, classified as averb, pronounced […]. 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 42313, this pair ranks #1,453,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of starts vs Stätte

Shared letters: st. Private to "starts": ar. Private to "Stätte": .

"starts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "Stätte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • startssatrts · sstarts · starrts · starst · startss · startts · statrs · strats

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "starts" for "Stätte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "starts" is a verb and "Stätte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "starts" or "Stätte" show up more?
"Stätte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,409 in our German list, against #22,904 for "starts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "starts" and "Stätte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "starts" 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 #1,453,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "starts" and "Stätte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs starts". 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 #1,453,260 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