Which to use
“stellen” is a verb and “Stellung” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #370
- “stellen” frequency rank
- #2,742
- “Stellung” frequency rank
- 3112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stellen | Stellung |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | senkrecht, mit den Füßen den Boden, einen bestimmten Platz oder Gegenstand berührend, in eine bestimmte oder übliche Position bringen | berufliche Position |
Where the eye mixes stellen and Stellung
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. stellen runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against Stellung's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between stellen and Stellung
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stellen is [ˈʃtɛlən] while Stellung is [ˈʃtɛlʊŋ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stellen is recorded at frequency rank #370, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtɛlən]. Stellung is at rank #2,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛlʊŋ].
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 3112, this pair ranks #2,000,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stellen vs Stellung
Shared letters: elnst. Private to "stellen": -. Private to "Stellung": gu.
"stellen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "Stellung" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stellen" and "Stellung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "stellen" or "Stellung" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "stellen" and "Stellung" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stellen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stellung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,000,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stellen" and "Stellung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stellen vs Stilen". 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 #2,000,922 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.