StörungvsstrongWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Störung is a noun, strong is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Störung” is a noun and “strong” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,655
“Störung” frequency rank
#20,073
“strong” frequency rank
24728
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Störung strong
Definition unerwünschte Beeinträchtigung stark

Letter map: Störung vs strong

Shared letters muted; letters that set Störung and strong apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Störung runs 7 letters (CCVCVCC) against strong's 6 (CCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Störung
6 ch
strong

Part-of-speech tell for Störung / strong

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Störung is anoun and stronganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Störung is recorded at frequency rank #4,655, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtøːʁʊŋ]. strong is at rank #20,073, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 24728, this pair ranks #1,843,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Störung vs strong

Shared letters: gnrst. Private to "Störung": uö. Private to "strong": o.

"Störung" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC  ·  "strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • strong ← srtong · sstrong · storng · strnog · strogn · strongg · stronng · strrong

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Störung" for "strong" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Störung" is a noun and "strong" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Störung" or "strong"?
"Störung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,655 in our German list, against #20,073 for "strong". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Störung" vs "strong" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Störung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "strong" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,843,576 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Störung" and "strong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strong". 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 #1,843,576 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