stetsvsstuntsTell them apart

Quick tell: stets is a adverb, stunts is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stets” is an adverb and “stunts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,337
“stets” frequency rank
#47,034
“stunts” frequency rank
48371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stets stunts
Definition zu jeder Zeit, immer Plural des Substantivs stunt

Letter map: stets vs stunts

Shared letters muted; letters that set stets and stunts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
stets
6 ch
stunts

Role in the sentence - stets and stunts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stets is anadverb and stuntsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stets is recorded at frequency rank #1,337, classified as anadv, pronounced [ʃteːt͡s]. stunts is at rank #47,034, 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 48371, this pair ranks #1,250,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stets vs stunts

Shared letters: st. Private to "stets": e. Private to "stunts": nu.

"stets" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "stunts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stetssetts · sstets · stest · stetss · stetts · sttes · sttets · tsets
  • stuntssstunts · stnuts · sttunts · stunnts · stunst · stuntss · stuntts · stutns

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stets" and "stunts" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stets" is an adverb and "stunts" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stets" vs "stunts" - which ranks higher?
"stets" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,337 in our German list, against #47,034 for "stunts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "stets" and "stunts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stunts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,250,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stets" and "stunts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stunts". 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 #1,250,995 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