Which to use
“stammte” and “stammten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,489
- “stammte” frequency rank
- #15,754
- “stammten” frequency rank
- 29243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stammte | stammten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stammen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stammen |
Where the eye mixes stammte and stammten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. stammte runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against stammten's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between stammte and stammten
A purely visual mix-up. stammte ([ˈʃtamtə]) and stammten ([ˈʃtamtn̩]) 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 extra letter(s) - “stammte” sits inside “stammten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stammte is recorded at frequency rank #13,489, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtamtə]. stammten is at rank #15,754, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtamtn̩].
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 29243, this pair ranks #1,770,463 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stammte vs stammten
Shared letters: aemst. Private to "stammte": -. Private to "stammten": n.
"stammte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "stammten" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stammte" and "stammten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "stammte" or "stammten" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stammte" and "stammten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stammte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stammten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,770,463 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stammte" and "stammten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stammend vs stammten". 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 #1,770,463 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.