StudievsstudiesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Studie is a noun, studies is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Studie” is a noun and “studies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,269
“Studie” frequency rank
#10,181
“studies” frequency rank
11450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Studie studies
Definition wissenschaftliche Untersuchung 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs study

Letter map: Studie vs studies

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

6 ch
Studie
7 ch
studies

Part-of-speech tell for Studie / studies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Studie is anoun and studiesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Studie” sits inside “studies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Studie is recorded at frequency rank #1,269, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtuːdi̯ə]. studies is at rank #10,181, 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 11450, this pair ranks #1,969,819 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Studie vs studies

Shared letters: deistu. Private to "Studie": -. Private to "studies": -.

"Studie" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV  ·  "studies" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Studiesstudie · stduie · sttudie · studdie · studei · stuide · sutdie · tsudie
  • studiessstudies · stduies · sttudies · studdies · studeis · studiess · studise · stuides

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Studie" for "studies" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Studie" is a noun and "studies" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Studie" or "studies" show up more?
"Studie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,269 in our German list, against #10,181 for "studies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Studie" and "studies".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Studie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "studies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,969,819 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Studie" and "studies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs studies". 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 #1,969,819 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