StimmevsstimmtsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Stimme is a noun, stimmts is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#823
“Stimme” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
37472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stimme stimmts
Definition ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen stimmt es

Letter map: Stimme vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stimme and stimmts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Stimme runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against stimmts's 7 (CCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Stimme
7 ch
stimmts

Role in the sentence - Stimme and stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stimme is anoun and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stimme is recorded at frequency rank #823, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtɪmə]. stimmts is at rank #36,649, tagged as anabbrev, 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 37472, this pair ranks #1,589,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stimme vs stimmts

Shared letters: imst. Private to "Stimme": e. Private to "stimmts": -.

"Stimme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stimme ← sitmme · sstimme · stime · stimem · stmime · sttimme · tsimme
  • stimmts ← sitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stimme" for "stimmts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stimme" is a noun and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Stimme" or "stimmts"?
"Stimme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #823 in our German list, against #36,649 for "stimmts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Stimme" and "stimmts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stimme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,589,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stimme" and "stimmts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stimmts". 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 #1,589,336 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