stevsSteakWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#25,778
“ste” frequency rank
#13,490
“Steak” frequency rank
39268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ste Steak
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs biti zum Kurzbraten oder Grillen geeignete Fleischscheibe

Letter map: ste vs Steak

Shared letters muted; letters that set ste and Steak apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
ste
5 ch
Steak

Role in the sentence - ste and Steak

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ste is averb and Steakanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ste” sits inside “Steak”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ste is recorded at frequency rank #25,778, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Steak is at rank #13,490, tagged as anoun, pronounced [stɛɪ̯k].

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 39268, this pair ranks #1,541,432 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ste vs Steak

Shared letters: est. Private to "ste": -. Private to "Steak": ak.

"ste" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "Steak" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Steaksetak · ssteak · staek · steakk · steka · stteak · tseak

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ste" and "Steak" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ste" is a verb and "Steak" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ste" or "Steak"?
"Steak" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,490 in our German list, against #25,778 for "ste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ste" and "Steak".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Steak" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,541,432 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ste" and "Steak" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ste". 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 #1,541,432 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