strikesvsStückesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: strikes is a verb, Stückes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“strikes” is a verb and “Stückes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,030
“strikes” frequency rank
#25,335
“Stückes” frequency rank
72365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature strikes Stückes
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strike Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Stück

Letter map: strikes vs Stückes

Shared letters muted; letters that set strikes and Stückes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
strikes
7 ch
Stückes

Role in the sentence - strikes and Stückes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strikes is averb and Stückesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

strikes is recorded at frequency rank #47,030, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Stückes is at rank #25,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʏkəs].

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 72365, this pair ranks #390,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of strikes vs Stückes

Shared letters: ekst. Private to "strikes": ir. Private to "Stückes": .

"strikes" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCVC  ·  "Stückes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • strikessrtikes · sstrikes · stirkes · strikess · strikkes · strikse · strkies · strrikes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "strikes" and "Stückes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "strikes" is a verb and "Stückes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "strikes" or "Stückes"?
"Stückes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,335 in our German list, against #47,030 for "strikes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "strikes" and "Stückes". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "strikes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stückes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #390,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "strikes" and "Stückes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strikes". 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 #390,425 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