Which to use
“Stress” is a noun and “stressig” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,689
- “Stress” frequency rank
- #18,401
- “stressig” frequency rank
- 21090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Stress | stressig |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | anhaltende geistige, seelische oder körperliche Anspannung durch Überbeanspruchung oder schädliche Reize; seelischer Druck | Stress auslösend, anstrengend |
Where the eye mixes Stress and stressig
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Stress runs 6 letters (CCCVCC) against stressig's 8 (CCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Stress vs stressig
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Stress is [ʃtʁɛs] while stressig is [ˈʃtʁɛsɪç]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Stress” sits inside “stressig”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Stress is recorded at frequency rank #2,689, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtʁɛs]. stressig is at rank #18,401, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtʁɛsɪç].
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 21090, this pair ranks #1,890,270 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Stress vs stressig
Shared letters: erst. Private to "Stress": -. Private to "stressig": gi.
"Stress" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC · "stressig" · 8 letters · shape CCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Stress" and "stressig" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Stress" or "stressig" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Stress" and "stressig" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Stress" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stressig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,890,270 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Stress" and "stressig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stressig vs stresst". 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 #1,890,270 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.