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“sticht” and “stirbt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,948
- “sticht” frequency rank
- #3,078
- “stirbt” frequency rank
- 17026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sticht | stirbt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stechen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sterben |
Where the eye mixes sticht and stirbt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sticht and stirbt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sticht vs stirbt
A purely visual mix-up. sticht ([ʃtɪçt]) and stirbt ([ʃtɪʁpt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sticht is recorded at frequency rank #13,948, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtɪçt]. stirbt is at rank #3,078, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtɪʁpt].
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 17026, this pair ranks #1,930,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sticht vs stirbt
Shared letters: ist. Private to "sticht": ch. Private to "stirbt": br.
"sticht" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "stirbt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sticht" and "stirbt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "sticht" or "stirbt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sticht" and "stirbt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sticht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stirbt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,930,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sticht" and "stirbt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stichen vs sticht". 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 #1,930,990 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.