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

#724
“Stunde” frequency rank
#9,815
“Sünden” frequency rank
10539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stunde Sünden
Definition Zeiteinheit, entspricht dem 24. Teil eines Tages Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sünde

Where the eye mixes Stunde and Sünden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Stunde (CCVCCV) and Sünden (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Stunde
6 ch
Sünden

Visual trap between Stunde and Sünden

A purely visual mix-up. Stunde ([ˈʃtʊndə]) and Sünden ([ˈzʏndn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stunde is recorded at frequency rank #724, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʊndə]. Sünden is at rank #9,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈzʏndn̩].

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 10539, this pair ranks #1,974,636 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stunde vs Sünden

Shared letters: dens. Private to "Stunde": tu. Private to "Sünden": ü.

"Stunde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Sünden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stundesstunde · stnude · sttunde · studne · stundde · stuned · stunnde · sutnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Stunde" and "Sünden" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtʊndə] versus [ˈzʏndn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Stunde" or "Sünden"?
"Stunde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #724 in our German list, against #9,815 for "Sünden". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Stunde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sünden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,974,636 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stunde" and "Sünden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sünden vs Sweden". 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 #1,974,636 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