stillvsStollWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: still is a adjective, Stoll is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“still” is an adjective and “Stoll” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#127
“still” frequency rank
#41,394
“Stoll” frequency rank
41521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature still Stoll
Definition Not moving; calm. A surname from German.

Letter map: still vs Stoll

Shared letters muted; letters that set still and Stoll apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
still
5 ch
Stoll

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: still is anadjective and Stollaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “still” becomes o in “Stoll”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

still is recorded at frequency rank #127, classified as anadj, pronounced /stɪl/. Stoll is at rank #41,394, tagged as aname.

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 41521, this pair ranks #257,596 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of still vs Stoll

Shared letters: lst. Private to "still": i. Private to "Stoll": o.

"still" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "Stoll" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stillsitll · sstill · stil · stlil · sttill · tsill
  • Stollsotll · sstoll · stlol · sttoll · tsoll

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "still" and "Stoll" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "still" is an adjective and "Stoll" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "still" or "Stoll"?
"still" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #127 in our English list, against #41,394 for "Stoll". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list