stokesvsstörenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,945
“stokes” frequency rank
#4,390
“stören” frequency rank
49335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stokes stören
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stoke jemanden bei etwas belästigen, von etwas ablenken, einen Vorgang hemmen, ein Vorhaben hemmen, ärgerlicherweise aufhalten

Letter map: stokes vs stören

Shared letters muted; letters that set stokes and stören apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
stokes
6 ch
stören

Corpus notes: stokes and stören

stokes and stören are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stokes is recorded at frequency rank #44,945, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stören is at rank #4,390, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtøːʁən].

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 49335, this pair ranks #1,215,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stokes vs stören

Shared letters: est. Private to "stokes": ko. Private to "stören": nrö.

"stokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "stören" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stokessotkes · sstokes · stkoes · stoeks · stokess · stokkes · stokse · sttokes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stokes" and "stören" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "stokes" vs "stören" - which ranks higher?
"stören" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,390 in our German list, against #44,945 for "stokes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "stokes" and "stören".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stokes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stören" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,215,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stokes" and "stören" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stokes". 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 #1,215,361 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