Which to use
“Stuhl” is a noun and “stumm” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,162
- “Stuhl” frequency rank
- #12,598
- “stumm” frequency rank
- 16760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Stuhl | stumm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Sitz-)Möbel, meist mit vier hohen Beinen, Rückenlehne und eventuell Armlehnen | keine Laute von sich geben könnend |
Where the eye mixes Stuhl and stumm
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Stuhl is [ʃtuːl] while stumm is [ʃtʊm]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Stuhl is recorded at frequency rank #4,162, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtuːl]. stumm is at rank #12,598, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʃtʊm].
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 16760, this pair ranks #1,933,194 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Stuhl vs stumm
Shared letters: stu. Private to "Stuhl": hl. Private to "stumm": m.
"Stuhl" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "stumm" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC