starkesvsStoresWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: starkes is a adjective, Stores is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“starkes” is an adjective and “Stores” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,006
“starkes” frequency rank
#29,347
“Stores” frequency rank
35353
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature starkes Stores
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stark Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Store

Letter map: starkes vs Stores

Shared letters muted; letters that set starkes and Stores apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
starkes
6 ch
Stores

Grammar separator: starkes vs Stores

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: starkes is anadjective and Storesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35353, 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]. Stores is at rank #29,347, tagged as anoun, 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 35353, this pair ranks #1,642,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of starkes vs Stores

Shared letters: erst. Private to "starkes": ak. Private to "Stores": o.

"starkes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • starkessatrkes · sstarkes · stakres · stareks · starkess · starkkes · starkse · starrkes
  • Storessotres · sstores · stoers · storess · storres · storse · stroes · sttores

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "starkes" for "Stores" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "starkes" is an adjective and "Stores" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "starkes" or "Stores"?
"starkes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,006 in our German list, against #29,347 for "Stores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "starkes" vs "Stores" 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 "Stores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,642,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "starkes" and "Stores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Stores". 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 #1,642,021 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