stimmen vs stimmts, What's the Difference?

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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set stimmen and stimmts apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

stimmen

7 ch

stimmts

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

stimmen#960

stimmts#36,649

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stimmen" and "stimmts" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "stimmen" or "stimmts"?

"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.

Remembering stimmen vs stimmts

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “stimmen”; for an abbrev, it's “stimmts”.
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