Which to use
“stumme” and “summa” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,310
- “stumme” frequency rank
- #29,355
- “summa” frequency rank
- 59665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stumme | summa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs stumm | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Adjektivs summus |
Letter map: stumme vs summa
Shared letters muted; letters that set stumme and summa apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stumme runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against summa's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: stumme and summa
stumme and summa are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stumme is recorded at frequency rank #30,310, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʃtʊmə]. summa is at rank #29,355, 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 59665, this pair ranks #815,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stumme vs summa
Shared letters: msu. Private to "stumme": et. Private to "summa": a.
"stumme" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "summa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stumme" and "summa" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stumme" vs "summa" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "stumme" and "summa". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "stumme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "summa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #815,984 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stumme" and "summa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs summa". 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 #815,984 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.