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.
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?
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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.