Which to use
“shame” is a verb and “Stämme” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,491
- “shame” frequency rank
- #10,183
- “Stämme” frequency rank
- 53674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shame | Stämme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden beschämen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stamm |
Letter map: shame vs Stämme
Shared letters muted; letters that set shame and Stämme apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. shame runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against Stämme's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for shame / Stämme
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shame is averb and Stämmeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shame is recorded at frequency rank #43,491, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stämme is at rank #10,183, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɛmə].
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 53674, this pair ranks #1,048,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shame vs Stämme
Shared letters: ems. Private to "shame": ah. Private to "Stämme": tä.
"shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "Stämme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shame" and "Stämme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "shame" or "Stämme"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shame" and "Stämme".
- Full dictionary entry for "shame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stämme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,048,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shame" and "Stämme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shame". 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 #1,048,830 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.