Which to use
“starkes” is an adjective and “stokes” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,006
- “starkes” frequency rank
- #44,945
- “stokes” frequency rank
- 50951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | starkes | stokes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stark | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stoke |
Letter map: starkes vs stokes
Shared letters muted; letters that set starkes and stokes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for starkes / stokes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: starkes is anadjective and stokesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
starkes is recorded at frequency rank #6,006, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtaʁkəs]. stokes is at rank #44,945, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 50951, this pair ranks #1,154,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of starkes vs stokes
Shared letters: ekst. Private to "starkes": ar. Private to "stokes": o.
"starkes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "stokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "starkes" vs "stokes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "starkes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stokes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,154,200 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "starkes" and "stokes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stokes". 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 #1,154,200 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.