struck vs Stücke, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#47,031
“struck” frequency rank: #3,079
“Stücke” frequency rank: 50110
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	struck	Stücke
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs strike	Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Stück

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set struck and Stücke apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

struck

6 ch

Stücke

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: struck is [ˈstɹʌk] while Stücke is [ˈʃtʏkə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

struck is recorded at frequency rank #47,031, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈstɹʌk]. Stücke is at rank #3,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʏkə].

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 50110, this pair ranks #1,186,277 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of struck vs Stücke

Shared letters: ckst. Private to "struck": ru. Private to "Stücke": eü.

"struck" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC · "Stücke" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

struck ← srtuck · sstruck · strcuk · strruck · strucck · struckk · strukc · sttruck

Frequency comparison

struck#47,031

Stücke#3,079

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "struck" and "Stücke" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "struck" is a verb and "Stücke" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "struck" or "Stücke"?

"Stücke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,079 in our German list, against #47,031 for "struck". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering struck vs Stücke

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “struck”; for a noun, it's “Stücke”.
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