Which to use
“stört” is a verb and “Sturm” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,778
- “stört” frequency rank
- #2,558
- “Sturm” frequency rank
- 6336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stört | Sturm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stören | sehr starker Wind |
Where the eye mixes stört and Sturm
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: stört is [ʃtøːɐ̯t] while Sturm is [ʃtʊʁm]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stört is recorded at frequency rank #3,778, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtøːɐ̯t]. Sturm is at rank #2,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtʊʁm].
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 6336, this pair ranks #1,991,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stört vs Sturm
Shared letters: rst. Private to "stört": ö. Private to "Sturm": mu.
"stört" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Sturm" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sturm ← ssturm · strum · stturm · stumr · sturmm · sturrm · sutrm · tsurm