Which to use
“stehen” and “stehend” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #297
- “stehen” frequency rank
- #12,595
- “stehend” frequency rank
- 12892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stehen | stehend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sich auf den Beinen ohne Ortsveränderung aufhalten | Partizip Präsens des Verbs stehen |
Where the eye mixes stehen and stehend
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses stehen with stehend
A purely visual mix-up. stehen ([ˈʃteːən]) and stehend ([ˈʃteːənt]) 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 extra letter(s) - “stehen” sits inside “stehend”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stehen is recorded at frequency rank #297, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃteːən]. stehend is at rank #12,595, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃteːənt].
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 12892, this pair ranks #1,961,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stehen vs stehend
Shared letters: ehnst. Private to "stehen": -. Private to "stehend": d.
"stehen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stehend" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stehen" and "stehend" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "stehen" or "stehend" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "stehen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stehend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stehen" and "stehend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stehend vs Stelen". 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 #1,961,379 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.