formavsstoriesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#42,495
“forma” frequency rank
#10,180
“stories” frequency rank
52675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature forma stories
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs formar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Plural des Substantivs story

Letter map: forma vs stories

Shared letters muted; letters that set forma and stories apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. forma runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against stories's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
forma
7 ch
stories

Part-of-speech tell for forma / stories

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: forma is averb and storiesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

forma is recorded at frequency rank #42,495, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stories is at rank #10,180, 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 52675, this pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of forma vs stories

Shared letters: or. Private to "forma": afm. Private to "stories": eist.

"forma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "stories" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formafforma · fomra · foram · formma · forrma · froma · ofrma
  • storiessotries · sstories · stoires · storeis · storiess · storise · storries · stroies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "forma" and "stories" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "forma" is a verb and "stories" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "forma" or "stories"?
"stories" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,180 in our German list, against #42,495 for "forma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "forma" and "stories". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "forma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stories" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "forma" and "stories" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forma vs puzzles". 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 #1,087,607 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