Which to use
“stimmten” and “stürmten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,243
- “stimmten” frequency rank
- #32,296
- “stürmten” frequency rank
- 45539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stimmten | stürmten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stimmen | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stürmen |
Where the eye mixes stimmten and stürmten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. stimmten and stürmten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: stimmten vs stürmten
A purely visual mix-up. stimmten ([ˈʃtɪmtn̩]) and stürmten ([ˈʃtʏʁmtn̩]) 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 45539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stimmten is recorded at frequency rank #13,243, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtɪmtn̩]. stürmten is at rank #32,296, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtʏʁmtn̩].
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 45539, this pair ranks #1,349,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stimmten vs stürmten
Shared letters: emnst. Private to "stimmten": i. Private to "stürmten": rü.
"stimmten" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC · "stürmten" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- stimmten ← sitmmten · sstimmten · stimmetn · stimmtenn · stimmtne · stimmtten · stimten · stimtmen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stimmten" for "stürmten" ever safe?
Frequency check: "stimmten" vs "stürmten" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stimmten" and "stürmten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stimmten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stürmten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,349,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stimmten" and "stürmten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stürmten vs Stuten". 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 #1,349,599 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.