KöllevsstimmtsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Kölle is a name, stimmts is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kölle” is a name and “stimmts” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
86504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle stimmts
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname stimmt es

Letter map: Kölle vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and stimmts apart highlighted. No shared letter run. Kölle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against stimmts's 7 (CCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Kölle
7 ch
stimmts

Grammar separator: Kölle vs stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. stimmts is at rank #36,649, tagged as anabbrev, 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 86504, this pair ranks #92,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs stimmts

Shared letters: none. Private to "Kölle": eklö. Private to "stimmts": imst.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stimmts ← sitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kölle" and "stimmts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Kölle" vs "stimmts" - which ranks higher?
"stimmts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,649 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Kölle" and "stimmts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "stimmts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle 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 #92,893 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