stornieren
[ʃtɔʁˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“stornieren” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,648
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Vertrag, eine Zahlung rückgängig machen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stornieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃtɔʁˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stornieren” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around stornieren (IPA [ʃtɔʁˈniːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,648 among 107,600 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Vertrag, eine Zahlung rückgängig machen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for stornieren, with forms such as "sotrnieren", "sstornieren", and "stonrieren". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "storniert", "sortieren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stornieren, spelled S-T-O-R-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Vertrag, eine Zahlung rückgängig machen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sotrnieren,sstornieren,stonrieren,storineren,storneiren,stornieern,stornierenn,stornierne,stornierren,stornireen,stornnieren,storrnieren,stronieren,sttornieren,tsornieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stornieren - 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.
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.
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Using “stornieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-O-R-N-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃtɔʁˈniːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “storniert” - see the side-by-side comparison. stornieren vs storniert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.