strömtvsstrongTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#27,958
“strömt” frequency rank
#20,073
“strong” frequency rank
48031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature strömt strong
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strömen stark

Letter map: strömt vs strong

Shared letters muted; letters that set strömt and strong apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
strömt
6 ch
strong

Role in the sentence - strömt and strong

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strömt is averb and stronganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

strömt is recorded at frequency rank #27,958, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtʁøːmt]. 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 48031, this pair ranks #1,263,332 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of strömt vs strong

Shared letters: rst. Private to "strömt": . Private to "strong": gno.

"strömt" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC  ·  "strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • strongsrtong · sstrong · storng · strnog · strogn · strongg · stronng · strrong

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "strömt" for "strong" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "strömt" is a verb and "strong" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "strömt" vs "strong" - which ranks higher?
"strong" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,073 in our German list, against #27,958 for "strömt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "strömt" and "strong". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "strömt" 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 #1,263,332 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "strömt" and "strong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stemmt vs strömt". 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 #1,263,332 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