stuftvsstuntsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#37,231
“stuft” frequency rank
#47,034
“stunts” frequency rank
84265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stuft stunts
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stufen Plural des Substantivs stunt

Letter map: stuft vs stunts

Shared letters muted; letters that set stuft and stunts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stuft runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against stunts's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
stuft
6 ch
stunts

Role in the sentence - stuft and stunts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stuft is averb and stuntsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stuft is recorded at frequency rank #37,231, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃtuːft]. stunts is at rank #47,034, tagged as anoun, 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 84265, this pair ranks #126,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stuft vs stunts

Shared letters: stu. Private to "stuft": f. Private to "stunts": n.

"stuft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "stunts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stuft ← sstuft · stfut · sttuft · stufft · stuftt · stutf · sutft · tsuft
  • stunts ← sstunts · stnuts · sttunts · stunnts · stunst · stuntss · stuntts · stutns

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stuft" for "stunts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stuft" is a verb and "stunts" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "stuft" or "stunts" show up more?
"stuft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,231 in our German list, against #47,034 for "stunts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "stuft" vs "stunts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stuft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stunts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stuft" and "stunts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stunts". 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 #126,447 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