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

#7,400
“Stürmer” frequency rank
#27,960
“Stürze” frequency rank
35360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stürmer Stürze
Definition Offensivspieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe darin besteht, Tore zu schießen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sturz

Where the eye mixes Stürmer and Stürze

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Stürmer
6 ch
Stürze

Look-alike desk: Stürmer vs Stürze

A purely visual mix-up. Stürmer ([ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]) and Stürze ([ˈʃtʏʁt͡sə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stürmer is recorded at frequency rank #7,400, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]. Stürze is at rank #27,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃtʏʁt͡sə].

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 35360, this pair ranks #1,641,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stürmer vs Stürze

Shared letters: erstü. Private to "Stürmer": m. Private to "Stürze": z.

"Stürmer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Stürze" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stürmer" for "Stürze" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʃtʏʁmɐ] versus [ˈʃtʏʁt͡sə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Stürmer" vs "Stürze" - which ranks higher?
"Stürmer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,400 in our German list, against #27,960 for "Stürze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Stürmer" and "Stürze" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stürmer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Stürze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,641,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stürmer" and "Stürze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sturms vs Stürze". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,641,848 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