stehlevsStevieWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stehle is a verb, Stevie is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stehle” is a verb and “Stevie” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,045
“stehle” frequency rank
#39,646
“Stevie” frequency rank
78691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stehle Stevie
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stehlen englischer männlicher Vorname, Koseform von Steven

Letter map: stehle vs Stevie

Shared letters muted; letters that set stehle and Stevie apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stehle (CCVCCV) and Stevie (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
stehle
6 ch
Stevie

Role in the sentence - stehle and Stevie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stehle is averb and Stevieaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stehle is recorded at frequency rank #39,045, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃteːlə]. Stevie is at rank #39,646, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 78691, this pair ranks #232,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stehle vs Stevie

Shared letters: est. Private to "stehle": hl. Private to "Stevie": iv.

"stehle" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Stevie" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stehle ← sethle · sstehle · stehel · stehhle · stehlle · stelhe · sthele · sttehle
  • Stevie ← setvie · sstevie · steive · stevei · stevvie · sttevie · stveie · tsevie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stehle" and "Stevie" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stehle" is a verb and "Stevie" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stehle" vs "Stevie" - which ranks higher?
"stehle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,045 in our German list, against #39,646 for "Stevie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "stehle" and "Stevie". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stehle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stevie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stehle" and "Stevie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Stevie". 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 #232,639 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