Which to use
“störte” is a verb and “story” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,328
- “störte” frequency rank
- #2,519
- “story” frequency rank
- 25847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | störte | story |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stören | Geschichte, Erzählung, Handlung, Fabel |
Where the eye mixes störte and story
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. störte runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against story's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: störte vs story
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: störte is [ˈʃtøːɐ̯tə] while story is [stɔːri]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
störte is recorded at frequency rank #23,328, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtøːɐ̯tə]. 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 25847, this pair ranks #1,827,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of störte vs story
Shared letters: rst. Private to "störte": eö. Private to "story": oy.
"störte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "story" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- story ← sotry · sstory · storry · storyy · stoyr · stroy · sttory · tsory
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "störte" for "story" ever safe?
Which is more common, "störte" or "story"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "störte" and "story" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "störte" 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 #1,827,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "störte" and "story" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "storia vs störte". 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 #1,827,124 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.