störendvsStoresTell them apart

Quick tell: störend is a adjective, Stores is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“störend” is an adjective and “Stores” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,075
“störend” frequency rank
#29,347
“Stores” frequency rank
49422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature störend Stores
Definition behindernd in einem Ablauf oder Prozess Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Store

Letter map: störend vs Stores

Shared letters muted; letters that set störend and Stores apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. störend runs 7 letters (CCVCVCC) against Stores's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
störend
6 ch
Stores

Grammar separator: störend vs Stores

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: störend is anadjective and Storesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

störend is recorded at frequency rank #20,075, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtøːʁənt]. Stores is at rank #29,347, 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 49422, this pair ranks #1,212,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of störend vs Stores

Shared letters: erst. Private to "störend": dnö. Private to "Stores": o.

"störend" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC  ·  "Stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stores ← sotres · sstores · stoers · storess · storres · storse · stroes · sttores

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "störend" for "Stores" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "störend" is an adjective and "Stores" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "störend" or "Stores"?
"störend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,075 in our German list, against #29,347 for "Stores". 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 "störend" and "Stores".

  • Full dictionary entry for "störend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,212,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "störend" and "Stores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Stores". 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 #1,212,134 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