stopvsstopptWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#6,109
“stop” frequency rank
#12,597
“stoppt” frequency rank
18706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: stop vs stoppt

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

4 ch
stop
6 ch
stoppt

Part-of-speech tell for stop / stoppt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stop is anintj and stopptaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “stop” sits inside “stoppt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stop is recorded at frequency rank #6,109, classified as anintj, pronounced […]. stoppt is at rank #12,597, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtɔpt].

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 18706, this pair ranks #1,915,680 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of stop vs stoppt

Shared letters: opst. Private to "stop": -. Private to "stoppt": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stopsotp · sstop · sttop · tsop
  • stopptsotppt · sstoppt · stopptt · stopt · stoptp · stpopt · sttoppt · tsoppt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stop" and "stoppt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stop" is an intj and "stoppt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "stop" or "stoppt" show up more?
"stop" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,109 in our German list, against #12,597 for "stoppt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stoppt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,915,680 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stop" and "stoppt" 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 #1,915,680 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