familyvsstuntsConfusable pair

Which to use

“family” and “stunts” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,759
“family” frequency rank
#47,034
“stunts” frequency rank
54793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature family stunts
Definition Familie Plural des Substantivs stunt

Letter map: family vs stunts

Shared letters muted; letters that set family and stunts apart highlighted. No shared letter run. family (CVCVCV) and stunts (CCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
family
6 ch
stunts

Spelling & dictionary notes on family vs stunts

family and stunts are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. stunts is at rank #47,034, tagged as anoun, 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 54793, this pair ranks #1,004,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of family vs stunts

Shared letters: none. Private to "family": afilmy. Private to "stunts": nstu.

"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "stunts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • family ← afmily · faimly · familly · familyy · famiyl · famliy · fammily · ffamily
  • stunts ← sstunts · stnuts · sttunts · stunnts · stunst · stuntss · stuntts · stutns

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "family" for "stunts" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "family" vs "stunts" - which ranks higher?
"family" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,759 in our German list, against #47,034 for "stunts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "family" and "stunts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stunts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,004,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "family" and "stunts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stunts". 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 #1,004,829 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