stimmtvsstürmtTell them apart

Which to use

“stimmt” and “stürmt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#607
“stimmt” frequency rank
#21,786
“stürmt” frequency rank
22393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stimmt stürmt
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stimmen 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stürmen

Where the eye mixes stimmt and stürmt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stimmt and stürmt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
stimmt
6 ch
stürmt

Look-alike desk: stimmt vs stürmt

A purely visual mix-up. stimmt ([ʃtɪmt]) and stürmt ([ʃtʏʁmt]) 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 22393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stimmt is recorded at frequency rank #607, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtɪmt]. stürmt is at rank #21,786, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtʏʁmt].

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 22393, this pair ranks #1,874,722 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stimmt vs stürmt

Shared letters: mst. Private to "stimmt": i. Private to "stürmt": rü.

"stimmt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "stürmt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stimmt ← sitmmt · sstimmt · stimmtt · stimt · stimtm · stmimt · sttimmt · tsimmt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stimmt" for "stürmt" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʃtɪmt] versus [ʃtʏʁmt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "stimmt" or "stürmt" show up more?
"stimmt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #607 in our German list, against #21,786 for "stürmt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stürmt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,874,722 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stimmt" and "stürmt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stürmt vs surft". 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 #1,874,722 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