StättenvsStatueWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#21,443
“Stätten” frequency rank
#9,985
“Statue” frequency rank
31428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stätten Statue
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stätte freistehendes dreidimensionales Bildwerk

Where the eye mixes Stätten and Statue

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

7 ch
Stätten
6 ch
Statue

Why the eye confuses Stätten with Statue

A purely visual mix-up. Stätten ([ˈʃtɛtn̩]) and Statue ([ˈʃtaːtuə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stätten is recorded at frequency rank #21,443, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛtn̩]. Statue is at rank #9,985, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtaːtuə].

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 31428, this pair ranks #1,728,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stätten vs Statue

Shared letters: est. Private to "Stätten": . Private to "Statue": au.

"Stätten" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Statue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Statuesattue · sstatue · stateu · stattue · staute · sttatue · sttaue · tsatue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stätten" for "Statue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtɛtn̩] versus [ˈʃtaːtuə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Stätten" or "Statue" show up more?
"Statue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,985 in our German list, against #21,443 for "Stätten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stätten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Statue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,728,292 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stätten" and "Statue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stätten vs Stuten". 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 #1,728,292 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