stopvsstopftConfusable pair

Quick tell: stop is a intj, stopft is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#6,109
“stop” frequency rank
#41,480
“stopft” frequency rank
47589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stop stopft
Definition Aufforderung auf Verkehrszeichen, Drucktasten oder dergleichen zum Anhalten beziehungsweise zum sofortigen Beenden von etwas 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stopfen

Letter map: stop vs stopft

Shared letters muted; letters that set stop and stopft apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
stop
6 ch
stopft

Grammar separator: stop vs stopft

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stop is anintj and stopftaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “stop” sits inside “stopft”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stop is recorded at frequency rank #6,109, classified as anintj, pronounced […]. stopft is at rank #41,480, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtɔp͡ft].

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 47589, this pair ranks #1,279,046 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stop vs stopft

Shared letters: opst. Private to "stop": -. Private to "stopft": f.

"stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "stopft" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stopsotp · sstop · sttop · tsop
  • stopftsotpft · sstopft · stofpt · stopfft · stopftt · stoppft · stoptf · stpoft

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stop" and "stopft" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stop" is an intj and "stopft" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "stop" or "stopft"?
"stop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,109 in our German list, against #41,480 for "stopft". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "stop" vs "stopft" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stopft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,279,046 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stop" and "stopft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stöhnt vs stopft". 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 #1,279,046 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