Which to use
“stillen” is a verb and “stilles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,235
- “stillen” frequency rank
- #30,790
- “stilles” frequency rank
- 38025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stillen | stilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas (meist Bedürfnisse) beruhigen, abschwächen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs still |
Where the eye mixes stillen and stilles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. stillen and stilles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between stillen and stilles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stillen is [ˈʃtɪlən] while stilles is [ˈʃtɪləs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “stillen” becomes s in “stilles”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stillen is recorded at frequency rank #7,235, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtɪlən]. stilles is at rank #30,790, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtɪləs].
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 38025, this pair ranks #1,574,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stillen vs stilles
Shared letters: eilst. Private to "stillen": n. Private to "stilles": -.
"stillen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "stilles" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stillen" and "stilles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "stillen" or "stilles"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "stillen" and "stilles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stillen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,574,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stillen" and "stilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stilen vs stilles". 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 #1,574,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.