ShopvsStoppWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Shop” and “Stopp” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,614
“Shop” frequency rank
#9,100
“Stopp” frequency rank
11714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Shop Stopp
Definition kleineres Einzelhandelsgeschäft; Räumlichkeiten, in denen Waren zum Verkauf angeboten und verkauft werden Haltestelle

Where the eye mixes Shop and Stopp

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Shop
5 ch
Stopp

Look-alike desk: Shop vs Stopp

A purely visual mix-up. Shop ([ʃɔp]) and Stopp ([ʃtɔp]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Shop is recorded at frequency rank #2,614, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃɔp]. Stopp is at rank #9,100, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtɔp].

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 11714, this pair ranks #1,968,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Shop vs Stopp

Shared letters: ops. Private to "Shop": h. Private to "Stopp": t.

"Shop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Stopp" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Shophsop · shhop · shopp · shpo · sohp · sshop
  • Stoppsotpp · sstopp · stpop · sttopp · tsopp

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Shop" and "Stopp" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʃɔp] versus [ʃtɔp]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Shop" vs "Stopp" - which ranks higher?
"Shop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,614 in our German list, against #9,100 for "Stopp". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Shop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stopp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,968,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Shop" and "Stopp" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "steps vs Stopp". 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 #1,968,334 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