StaturvssteterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Statur is a noun, steter is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Statur” is a noun and “steter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,786
“Statur” frequency rank
#47,025
“steter” frequency rank
77811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Statur steter
Definition äußere Erscheinung, körperliches Erscheinungsbild, Gestalt, Größe, Körperbau, Wuchs (eines Menschen) Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stet

Where the eye mixes Statur and steter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Statur and steter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Statur
6 ch
steter

Look-alike desk: Statur vs steter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Statur is [ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯] while steter is [ˈʃteːtɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Statur is recorded at frequency rank #30,786, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtaˈtuːɐ̯]. steter is at rank #47,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃteːtɐ].

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 77811, this pair ranks #252,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Statur vs steter

Shared letters: rst. Private to "Statur": au. Private to "steter": e.

"Statur" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "steter" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Statur ← sattur · sstatur · statru · stattur · staturr · stautr · sttatur · sttaur
  • steter ← setter · ssteter · steetr · steterr · stetre · stetter · stteer · stteter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Statur" and "steter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Statur" is a noun and "steter" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Statur" or "steter"?
"Statur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,786 in our German list, against #47,025 for "steter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Statur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "steter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Statur" and "steter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "steter 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 #252,385 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