StoresvsstörteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,347
“Stores” frequency rank
#23,328
“störte” frequency rank
52675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stores störte
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Store 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stören

Letter map: Stores vs störte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stores and störte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Stores
6 ch
störte

Role in the sentence - Stores and störte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stores is anoun and störteaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stores is recorded at frequency rank #29,347, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. störte is at rank #23,328, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtøːɐ̯tə].

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 52675, this pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Stores vs störte

Shared letters: erst. Private to "Stores": o. Private to "störte": ö.

"Stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "störte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Storessotres · sstores · stoers · storess · storres · storse · stroes · sttores

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Stores" and "störte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stores" is a noun and "störte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Stores" or "störte" show up more?
"störte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,328 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

You've compared "Stores" and "störte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "störte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,087,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stores" and "störte" 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 #1,087,607 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