stimmen

/[ˈʃtɪmən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#960

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

stimmen is aGermanverb. It means: die Tonlage (Stimmlage) eines Instrumentes verändern Pronounced [ˈʃtɪmən]. It ranks #960 in German word frequency. Often confused with stimmt and summen.

Key facts for stimmen
PropertyValue
Headwordstimmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɪmən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#960
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stimmen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɪmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #960 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for stimmen, with forms such as "sitmmen", "sstimmen", and "stimemn". 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, "stimmt", "summen", "stumme", 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 stimmen, spelled S-T-I-M-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Tonlage (Stimmlage) eines Instrumentes verändern
  2. 2
    an einer Wahl oder einer Abstimmung aktiv teilnehmen (sie beeinflussen)
  3. 3
    zutreffend sein, den Tatsachen entsprechen, keinen Anlass zu Beanstandungen geben
  4. 4
    emotional beeinflussen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sitmmen,sstimmen,stimemn,stimen,stimmenn,stimmne,stmimen,sttimmen,tsimmen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for stimmen

Misspelling Variants of "stimmen"

sitmmen7sstimmen8stimemn7stimen6stimmenn8stimmne7stmimen7sttimmen8
Misspelling Variants of "stimmen"

Frequency rank: #960 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stimmen"?
"stimmen" is spelled S-T-I-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪmən].
What does "stimmen" mean?
As a verb, "stimmen" means: die Tonlage (Stimmlage) eines Instrumentes verändern
What words are commonly confused with "stimmen"?
"stimmen" is commonly confused with "stimmt", "summen", "stumme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stimmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stimmen" is [ˈʃtɪmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stimmen" come from?
"stimmen" 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.