Stätte

[ˈʃtɛtə]

/[ˈʃtɛtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Stätte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,409
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonderer Ort, an dem sich etwas befindet beziehungsweise etwas passiert ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-statte · Stätte · German

Stätte · rank #19,409 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,409
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stur

Nearest frequency peer: stur (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Stätte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Stätte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Stätte vs Stute
67% similar
Stätte vs staut
33% similar
Stätte vs status
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Stätte
PropertyValue
HeadwordStätte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɛtə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,409
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stätte“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Stätteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „stur“ (#19,408), „Synode“ (#19,410), „Südtiroler“ (#19,411). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stätte“ bei #19,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Stätte (IPA [ˈʃtɛtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,409 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "besonderer Ort, an dem sich etwas befindet beziehungsweise etwas passiert ist".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stätte, with forms such as "sstätte", "sttäte", and "sttätte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stute", "staut", "status", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Stätte, spelled S-T-Ä-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonderer Ort, an dem sich etwas befindet beziehungsweise etwas passiert ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Stätte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Stonehenge ist eine heilige Stätte in Großbritannien.
  2. „Das Illerup Ådal ist nicht nur ein Naturschutzgebiet, sondern auch die größte bekannte Stätte für Menschenopfer in Nordeuropa.“

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstätte
  • sttäte
  • sttätte
  • stäte
  • stätet
  • sättte
  • tsätte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stätte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sstätte1sttäte2sttätte1stäte1stätet2sättte2tsätte2
Edit distance from "Stätte"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stätte"?
"Stätte" is spelled S-T-Ä-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛtə].
What does "Stätte" mean?
As a noun, "Stätte" means: besonderer Ort, an dem sich etwas befindet beziehungsweise etwas passiert ist
What words are commonly confused with "Stätte"?
"Stätte" is commonly confused with "Stute", "staut", "status". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stätte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stätte" is [ˈʃtɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stätte" come from?
"Stätte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stätte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list