stimmenvsstimmtsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#960
“stimmen” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
37609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stimmen stimmts
Definition die Tonlage (Stimmlage) eines Instrumentes verändern stimmt es

Letter map: stimmen vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set stimmen and stimmts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. stimmen (CCVCCVC) and stimmts (CCVCCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
stimmen
7 ch
stimmts

Role in the sentence - stimmen and stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stimmen is averb and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stimmen is recorded at frequency rank #960, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtɪmən]. 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 37609, this pair ranks #1,585,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stimmen vs stimmts

Shared letters: imst. Private to "stimmen": en. Private to "stimmts": -.

"stimmen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stimmen ← sitmmen · sstimmen · stimemn · stimen · stimmenn · stimmne · stmimen · sttimmen
  • stimmts ← sitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stimmen" and "stimmts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stimmen" is a verb and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stimmen" vs "stimmts" - which ranks higher?
"stimmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #960 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "stimmen" and "stimmts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmen" 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 #1,585,698 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stimmen" 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 #1,585,698 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