Stimme

/[ˈʃtɪmə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#823

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stimme is aGermannoun. It means: ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen Pronounced [ˈʃtɪmə]. It ranks #823 in German word frequency. Often confused with Summe and stumm.

Key facts for Stimme
PropertyValue
HeadwordStimme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɪmə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#823
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Stimme in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stimme is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɪmə]. Corpus data places it at rank #823 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Stimme, with forms such as "sitmme", "sstimme", and "stime". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Summe", "stumm", "stimmt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Stimme, spelled S-T-I-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen
  2. 2
    ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen
  3. 3
    Fähigkeit zu Reden und zu Singen
  4. 4
    Tonlage eines Sängers oder Instruments
  5. 5
    einem Sänger oder Instrument zugewiesener Teil einer Komposition
  6. 6
    Votum bei Beratungen, Konsens- oder Mehrheitsfindungen
  7. 7
    Äußerungen der Meinung

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sitmme,sstimme,stime,stimem,stmime,sttimme,tsimme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stimme

Misspelling Variants of "Stimme"

sitmme6sstimme7stime5stimem6stmime6sttimme7tsimme6
Misspelling Variants of "Stimme"

Frequency rank: #823 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stimme"?
"Stimme" is spelled S-T-I-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪmə].
What does "Stimme" mean?
As a noun, "Stimme" means: ein mit dem Kehlkopf erzeugter Laut, um sich zu verständigen beziehungsweise sich verständlich zu machen
What words are commonly confused with "Stimme"?
"Stimme" is commonly confused with "Summe", "stumm", "stimmt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stimme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stimme" is [ˈʃtɪmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stimme" come from?
"Stimme" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.