StoresvsstoryConfusable pair

Which to use

“Stores” and “story” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,347
“Stores” frequency rank
#2,519
“story” frequency rank
31866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stores story
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Store Geschichte, Erzählung, Handlung, Fabel

Letter map: Stores vs story

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

6 ch
Stores
5 ch
story

Corpus notes: Stores and story

Stores and story are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stores is recorded at frequency rank #29,347, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. story is at rank #2,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced [stɔːri].

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 31866, this pair ranks #1,719,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stores vs story

Shared letters: orst. Private to "Stores": e. Private to "story": y.

"Stores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "story" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Storessotres · sstores · stoers · storess · storres · storse · stroes · sttores
  • storysotry · sstory · storry · storyy · stoyr · stroy · sttory · tsory

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Stores" and "story" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Stores" vs "story" - which ranks higher?
"story" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,519 in our German list, against #29,347 for "Stores". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "story" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,719,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stores" and "story" 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 #1,719,450 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