Which to use
“short” and “stört” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,751
- “short” frequency rank
- #3,778
- “stört” frequency rank
- 15529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | short | stört |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stören |
Where the eye mixes short and stört
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between short and stört
A purely visual mix-up. short ([ʃɔːɐ̯t]) and stört ([ʃtøːɐ̯t]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
short is recorded at frequency rank #11,751, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃɔːɐ̯t]. stört is at rank #3,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtøːɐ̯t].
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 15529, this pair ranks #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of short vs stört
Shared letters: rst. Private to "short": ho. Private to "stört": ö.
"short" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "stört" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- short ← hsort · shhort · shorrt · shortt · shotr · shrot · sohrt · sshort
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "short" and "stört" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "short" or "stört"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "short" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stört" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "short" and "stört" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "short vs shut". 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 #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.