stolzesvsstylesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: stolzes is a adjective, styles is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stolzes” is an adjective and “styles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,256
“stolzes” frequency rank
#33,322
“styles” frequency rank
77578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stolzes styles
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stolz 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs style

Letter map: stolzes vs styles

Shared letters muted; letters that set stolzes and styles apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. stolzes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against styles's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
stolzes
6 ch
styles

Grammar separator: stolzes vs styles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stolzes is anadjective and stylesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stolzes is recorded at frequency rank #44,256, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtɔlt͡səs]. styles is at rank #33,322, tagged as averb, 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 77578, this pair ranks #257,676 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stolzes vs styles

Shared letters: elst. Private to "stolzes": oz. Private to "styles": y.

"stolzes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "styles" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stolzessotlzes · sstolzes · stlozes · stolezs · stollzes · stolzess · stolzse · stolzzes
  • stylessstyles · stlyes · sttyles · styels · styless · stylles · stylse · styyles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stolzes" for "styles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stolzes" is an adjective and "styles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stolzes" vs "styles" - which ranks higher?
"styles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,322 in our German list, against #44,256 for "stolzes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "stolzes" vs "styles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stolzes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "styles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,676 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stolzes" and "styles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stokes vs stolzes". 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 #257,676 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