snacksvsStücksTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#19,391
“snacks” frequency rank
#22,525
“Stücks” frequency rank
41916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature snacks Stücks
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs snack Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stück

Letter map: snacks vs Stücks

Shared letters muted; letters that set snacks and Stücks apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
snacks
6 ch
Stücks

Role in the sentence - snacks and Stücks

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: snacks is averb and Stücksanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

snacks is recorded at frequency rank #19,391, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stücks is at rank #22,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtʏks].

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 41916, this pair ranks #1,465,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of snacks vs Stücks

Shared letters: cks. Private to "snacks": an. Private to "Stücks": .

"snacks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "Stücks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • snacksnsacks · sancks · snaccks · snackks · snackss · snacsk · snakcs · sncaks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "snacks" for "Stücks" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "snacks" is a verb and "Stücks" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "snacks" or "Stücks" show up more?
"snacks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,391 in our German list, against #22,525 for "Stücks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "snacks" and "Stücks".

  • Full dictionary entry for "snacks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stücks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,465,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "snacks" and "Stücks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stücks vs stunts". 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 #1,465,189 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