störenvsstoriaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stören is a verb, storia is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stören” is a verb and “storia” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,390
“stören” frequency rank
#49,274
“storia” frequency rank
53664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stören storia
Definition jemanden bei etwas belästigen, von etwas ablenken, einen Vorgang hemmen, ein Vorhaben hemmen, ärgerlicherweise aufhalten die Geschichte

Letter map: stören vs storia

Shared letters muted; letters that set stören and storia apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. stören (CCVCVC) and storia (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
stören
6 ch
storia

Grammar separator: stören vs storia

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stören is averb and storiaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stören is recorded at frequency rank #4,390, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtøːʁən]. storia is at rank #49,274, tagged as anoun, 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 53664, this pair ranks #1,049,213 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stören vs storia

Shared letters: rst. Private to "stören": enö. Private to "storia": aio.

"stören" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "storia" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • storia ← sotria · sstoria · stoira · storai · storria · stroia · sttoria · tsoria

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stören" and "storia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stören" is a verb and "storia" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "stören" or "storia"?
"stören" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,390 in our German list, against #49,274 for "storia". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "stören" vs "storia" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stören" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "storia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,049,213 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stören" and "storia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs storia". 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 #1,049,213 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