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“Stunde” and “stunts” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#724
“Stunde” frequency rank
#47,034
“stunts” frequency rank
47758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stunde stunts
Definition Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages Plural des Substantivs stunt

Letter map: Stunde vs stunts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Stunde and stunts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Stunde (CCVCCV) and stunts (CCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Stunde
6 ch
stunts

Corpus notes: Stunde and stunts

Stunde and stunts 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stunde is recorded at frequency rank #724, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʊndə]. 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 47758, this pair ranks #1,273,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Stunde vs stunts

Shared letters: nstu. Private to "Stunde": de. Private to "stunts": -.

"Stunde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "stunts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stunde ← sstunde · stnude · sttunde · studne · stundde · stuned · stunnde · sutnde
  • stunts ← sstunts · stnuts · sttunts · stunnts · stunst · stuntss · stuntts · stutns

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Stunde" and "stunts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Stunde" or "stunts"?
"Stunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #724 in our German list, against #47,034 for "stunts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Stunde" and "stunts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stunde" 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 #1,273,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stunde" 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 #1,273,123 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