Which to use
“stolen” is a verb and “Stoll” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,586
- “stolen” frequency rank
- #41,394
- “Stoll” frequency rank
- 44980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stolen | Stoll |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | past participle of steal | A surname from German. |
Letter map: stolen vs Stoll
Shared letters muted; letters that set stolen and Stoll apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stolen runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against Stoll's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - stolen and Stoll
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stolen is averb and Stollaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stolen is recorded at frequency rank #3,586, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/. 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 44980, this pair ranks #225,555 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stolen vs Stoll
Shared letters: lost. Private to "stolen": en. Private to "Stoll": -.
"stolen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Stoll" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stolen" for "Stoll" ever safe?
Frequency check: "stolen" vs "Stoll" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "stolen" and "Stoll". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "stolen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stoll" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,555 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stolen" and "Stoll" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shill vs Stoll". 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 #225,555 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.