stolzvsstopConfusable pair

Quick tell: stolz is a adjective, stop is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stolz” is an adjective and “stop” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,141
“stolz” frequency rank
#6,109
“stop” frequency rank
7250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stolz stop
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Letter map: stolz vs stop

Shared letters muted; letters that set stolz and stop apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
stolz
4 ch
stop

Part-of-speech tell for stolz / stop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stolz is anadjective and stopanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stolz is recorded at frequency rank #1,141, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʃtɔlt͡s]. stop is at rank #6,109, tagged as anintj, 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 7250, this pair ranks #1,988,863 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stolz vs stop

Shared letters: ost. Private to "stolz": lz. Private to "stop": p.

"stolz" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stolzsotlz · sstolz · stloz · stollz · stolzz · stozl · sttolz · tsolz
  • stopsotp · sstop · sttop · tsop

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stolz" for "stop" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stolz" is an adjective and "stop" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "stolz" vs "stop" - which ranks higher?
"stolz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,141 in our German list, against #6,109 for "stop". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "stolz" and "stop".

  • Full dictionary entry for "stolz" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,988,863 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stolz" and "stop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stop". 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 #1,988,863 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