stören

[ˈʃtøːʁən]

/[ˈʃtøːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“stören” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,390
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden bei etwas belästigen, von etwas ablenken, einen Vorgang hemmen, ein Vorhaben hemmen, ärgerlicherweise aufhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-storen · stören · German

stören · rank #4,390 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,390
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stellten

Nearest frequency peer: stellten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „stören“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „stören“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stören vs story
50% similar
stören vs stört
67% similar
stören vs storm
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stören
PropertyValue
Headwordstören
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtøːʁən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,390
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stören“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).störenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „stellten“ (#4,389), „such“ (#4,391), „Umstände“ (#4,392). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stören“ bei #4,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around stören (IPA [ˈʃtøːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,390 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stören, with forms such as "sstören", "ströen", and "sttören". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "story", "stört", "storm", 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. The correct German form is stören, spelled S-T-Ö-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden bei etwas belästigen, von etwas ablenken, einen Vorgang hemmen, ein Vorhaben hemmen, ärgerlicherweise aufhalten
  2. 2
    negative Auswirkungen auf etwas haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieser Lärm stört mich bei der Arbeit.
  2. „Mario stört zum wiederholten Male den Unterricht.“

Synonyms

aufhaltenausmachenbeeinträchtigenbehindernbeeinträchtigen

This word in other languages

disturb(English)molestar(Español)déranger(Français)perturbar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstören
  • ströen
  • sttören
  • stöern
  • störenn
  • störne
  • störren
  • sötren
  • tsören

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stören - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sstören1ströen2sttören1stöern2störenn1störne2störren1sötren2
Edit distance from "stören"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stören"?
"stören" is spelled S-T-Ö-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtøːʁən].
What does "stören" mean?
As a verb, "stören" means: jemanden bei etwas belästigen, von etwas ablenken, einen Vorgang hemmen, ein Vorhaben hemmen, ärgerlicherweise aufhalten
What words are commonly confused with "stören"?
"stören" is commonly confused with "story", "stört", "storm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stören"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stören" is [ˈʃtøːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stören" come from?
"stören" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stören", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soeben#4,386mieten#4,374kämpft#4,368dicken#4,416

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

kümmert9 variantsBlätter9 variantsInseln9 variantshattest9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list