stimmstvsstimmtsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#36,648
“stimmst” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
73297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stimmst stimmts
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stimmen stimmt es

Letter map: stimmst vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set stimmst and stimmts apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. stimmst and stimmts follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
stimmst
7 ch
stimmts

Grammar separator: stimmst vs stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stimmst is averb and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (st ↔ ts) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stimmst is recorded at frequency rank #36,648, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtɪmst]. 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 73297, this pair ranks #364,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stimmst vs stimmts

Shared letters: imst. Private to "stimmst": -. Private to "stimmts": -.

"stimmst" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stimmst ← sitmmst · sstimmst · stimmsst · stimmstt · stimsmt · stimst · stmimst · sttimmst
  • stimmts ← sitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stimmst" for "stimmts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stimmst" is a verb and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stimmst" vs "stimmts" - which ranks higher?
"stimmst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,648 in our German list, against #36,649 for "stimmts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmst" 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 #364,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stimmst" 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 #364,242 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