story

/[stɔːri]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,519

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

story is aGermannoun. It means: Geschichte, Erzählung, Handlung, Fabel Pronounced [stɔːri]. It ranks #2,519 in German word frequency. Often confused with stur and Strg.

Key facts for story
PropertyValue
Headwordstory
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[stɔːri]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,519
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for story is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [stɔːri]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,519 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for story, with forms such as "sotry", "sstory", and "storry". 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, "stur", "Strg", "Sturm", 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 story, spelled S-T-O-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geschichte, Erzählung, Handlung, Fabel
  2. 2
    die Räumlichkeiten zwischen einem Boden und einer Decke eines Gebäudes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sotry,sstory,storry,storyy,stoyr,stroy,sttory,tsory

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for story

Misspelling Variants of "story"

sotry5sstory6storry6storyy6stoyr5stroy5sttory6tsory5
Misspelling Variants of "story"

Frequency rank: #2,519 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "story"?
"story" is spelled S-T-O-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [stɔːri].
What does "story" mean?
As a noun, "story" means: Geschichte, Erzählung, Handlung, Fabel
What words are commonly confused with "story"?
"story" is commonly confused with "stur", "Strg", "Sturm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "story"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "story" is [stɔːri]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "story" come from?
"story" 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.