mediavsstimmtsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,351
“media” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
39000
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature media stimmts
Definition Durchschnitt stimmt es

Letter map: media vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set media and stimmts apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. media runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against stimmts's 7 (CCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
media
7 ch
stimmts

Grammar separator: media vs stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: media is anoun and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

media is recorded at frequency rank #2,351, classified as anoun, 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 39000, this pair ranks #1,548,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of media vs stimmts

Shared letters: im. Private to "media": ade. Private to "stimmts": st.

"media" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mediaemdia · mdeia · medai · meddia · meida · mmedia
  • stimmtssitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "media" for "stimmts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "media" is a noun and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "media" or "stimmts" show up more?
"media" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,351 in our German list, against #36,649 for "stimmts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "media" vs "stimmts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "media" 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 #1,548,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "media" and "stimmts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stimmts". 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 #1,548,889 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