Which to use
“stehle” is a verb and “Stille” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,045
- “stehle” frequency rank
- #4,307
- “Stille” frequency rank
- 43352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stehle | Stille |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stehlen | die Abwesenheit von akustischen Signalen wie Lärm, Musik, Geräusch |
Where the eye mixes stehle and Stille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stehle and Stille follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: stehle vs Stille
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stehle is [ˈʃteːlə] while Stille is [ˈʃtɪlə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43352, 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]. Stille is at rank #4,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɪlə].
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 43352, this pair ranks #1,420,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stehle vs Stille
Shared letters: elst. Private to "stehle": h. Private to "Stille": i.
"stehle" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "Stille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stehle" and "Stille" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "stehle" or "Stille" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stehle" and "Stille" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stehle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,420,784 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stehle" and "Stille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stehle vs Stuhls". 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 #1,420,784 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.