störend

[ˈʃtøːʁənt]

/[ˈʃtøːʁənt]/ adj

The verdict

“störend” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,075. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,075
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - behindernd in einem Ablauf oder Prozess

Corpus desk

Index DE-storend · störend · German

störend · rank #20,075 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,075
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH strukturellen

Nearest frequency peer: strukturellen (-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 „störend“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „störend“ 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).

störend vs Strand
57% similar
störend vs streng
71% similar
störend vs Stores
43% similar

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

Key facts for störend
PropertyValue
Headwordstörend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtøːʁənt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,075
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „störend“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „strukturellen“ (#20,074), „strong“ (#20,073), „suggeriert“ (#20,077). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „störend“ bei #20,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around störend (IPA [ˈʃtøːʁənt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,075 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for störend, with forms such as "sstörend", "ströend", and "sttörend". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Strand", "streng", "Stores", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is störend, spelled S-T-Ö-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    behindernd in einem Ablauf oder Prozess
  2. 2
    unterbrochen oder herausgerissen sein aus einer Tätigkeit oder einem Gedanken und das als unangenehm empfindend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heute sagt [der Professor für öffentliche Finanzen an der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt Paul Bernd] Spahn: "Die Politik steht natürlich auch unter dem Einfluss der Finanzinstitutionen, die eine solche [Finanztransaktions-]Steuer im Allgemeinen als störend für ihre Tätigkeiten ablehnen."
  2. „Das Daddeln auf Deinem Handy wirkt auf alle im Raum hier störend. Stell' es ab, jetzt!“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstörend
  • ströend
  • sttörend
  • stöernd
  • störedn
  • störendd
  • störennd
  • störned
  • störrend
  • sötrend
  • tsörend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of störend - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sstörend1ströend2sttörend1stöernd2störedn2störendd1störennd1störned2
Edit distance from "störend"

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 "störend"?
"störend" is spelled S-T-Ö-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtøːʁənt].
What does "störend" mean?
As an adjective, "störend" means: behindernd in einem Ablauf oder Prozess
What words are commonly confused with "störend"?
"störend" is commonly confused with "Strand", "streng", "Stores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "störend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "störend" is [ˈʃtøːʁənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "störend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list