stemmtvsStimmeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#48,510
“stemmt” frequency rank
#823
“Stimme” frequency rank
49333
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stemmt Stimme
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stemmen ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen

Where the eye mixes stemmt and Stimme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
stemmt
6 ch
Stimme

Look-alike desk: stemmt vs Stimme

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stemmt is [ʃtɛmt] while Stimme is [ˈʃtɪmə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stemmt is recorded at frequency rank #48,510, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtɛmt]. Stimme is at rank #823, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɪmə].

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 49333, this pair ranks #1,215,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stemmt vs Stimme

Shared letters: emst. Private to "stemmt": -. Private to "Stimme": i.

"stemmt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "Stimme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stemmtsetmmt · sstemmt · stemmtt · stemt · stemtm · stmemt · sttemmt · tsemmt
  • Stimmesitmme · sstimme · stime · stimem · stmime · sttimme · tsimme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stemmt" and "Stimme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stemmt" is a verb and "Stimme" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "stemmt" or "Stimme"?
"Stimme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #823 in our German list, against #48,510 for "stemmt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stemmt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stimme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,215,445 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stemmt" and "Stimme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stemmt vs streamt". 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 #1,215,445 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