Which to use
“sounds” is a verb and “Stunde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,674
- “sounds” frequency rank
- #724
- “Stunde” frequency rank
- 15398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sounds | Stunde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sound | Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages |
Letter map: sounds vs Stunde
Shared letters muted; letters that set sounds and Stunde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for sounds / Stunde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sounds is averb and Stundeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sounds is recorded at frequency rank #14,674, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stunde is at rank #724, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʊndə].
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 15398, this pair ranks #1,944,162 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sounds vs Stunde
Shared letters: dnsu. Private to "sounds": o. Private to "Stunde": et.
"sounds" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "Stunde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sounds" and "Stunde" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "sounds" or "Stunde" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "sounds" and "Stunde". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sounds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Stunde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,944,162 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sounds" and "Stunde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sounds". 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 #1,944,162 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.