Which to use
“stört” is a verb and “Sturz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,778
- “stört” frequency rank
- #6,978
- “Sturz” frequency rank
- 10756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stört | Sturz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stören | heftiger Fall auf den Boden oder in die Tiefe |
Where the eye mixes stört and Sturz
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 Sturz is [ʃtʊʁt͡s]. 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 10756, 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]. Sturz is at rank #6,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃtʊʁt͡s].
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 10756, this pair ranks #1,973,481 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stört vs Sturz
Shared letters: rst. Private to "stört": ö. Private to "Sturz": uz.
"stört" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Sturz" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sturz ← ssturz · struz · stturz · sturrz · sturzz · stuzr · sutrz · tsurz