Which to use
“strong” is an adjective and “strunz” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,073
- “strong” frequency rank
- #49,280
- “strunz” frequency rank
- 69353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | strong | strunz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | stark | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs strunzen |
Letter map: strong vs strunz
Shared letters muted; letters that set strong and strunz apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. strong and strunz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: strong vs strunz
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strong is anadjective and strunzaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
strong is recorded at frequency rank #20,073, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. strunz is at rank #49,280, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃtʁʊnt͡s].
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 69353, this pair ranks #479,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of strong vs strunz
Shared letters: nrst. Private to "strong": go. Private to "strunz": uz.
"strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC · "strunz" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "strong" and "strunz" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "strong" vs "strunz" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "strong" vs "strunz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "strong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "strunz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #479,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "strong" and "strunz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "struck vs strunz". 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 #479,179 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.