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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.

6 ch
stumme
5 ch
summa

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

  • stumme ← sstumme · stmume · sttumme · stume · stumem · sutmme · tsumme
  • summa ← smuma · ssumma · suma · sumam · usmma

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "stumme" and "summa" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "stumme" vs "summa" - which ranks higher?
"summa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,355 in our German list, against #30,310 for "stumme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list