sendenvsStundenWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,159
“senden” frequency rank
#387
“Stunden” frequency rank
4546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature senden Stunden
Definition etwas übermitteln Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stunde

Where the eye mixes senden and Stunden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
senden
7 ch
Stunden

Visual trap between senden and Stunden

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: senden is [ˈzɛndn̩] while Stunden is [ˈʃtʊndn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

senden is recorded at frequency rank #4,159, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈzɛndn̩]. Stunden is at rank #387, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʊndn̩].

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 4546, this pair ranks #1,997,405 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of senden vs Stunden

Shared letters: dens. Private to "senden": -. Private to "Stunden": tu.

"senden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Stunden" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sendenesnden · sednen · sendden · sendenn · sendne · senedn · sennden · sneden
  • Stundensstunden · stnuden · sttunden · studnen · stundden · stundenn · stundne · stunedn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "senden" for "Stunden" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "senden" is a verb and "Stunden" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "senden" or "Stunden" show up more?
"Stunden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #387 in our German list, against #4,159 for "senden". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "senden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stunden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,997,405 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "senden" and "Stunden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "senden vs sendete". 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 #1,997,405 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