Stürmer

[ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]

/[ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Stürmer” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,400 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#7,400
frequency rank, German
7
letters
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Offensivspieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe darin besteht, Tore zu schießen

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Stürmer vs summer
43% similar
Stürmer vs stürmt
57% similar
Stürmer vs Stürze
71% similar

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

Key facts for Stürmer
PropertyValue
HeadwordStürmer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,400
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Stürmer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Stürmer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stürmer is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,400 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Offensivspieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe darin besteht, Tore zu schießen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stürmer, with forms such as "sstürmer", "strümer", and "sttürmer". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "summer", "stürmt", "Stürze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Stürmer, spelled S-T-Ü-R-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Offensivspieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe darin besteht, Tore zu schießen

Synonyms

AngreiferOffensivspieler

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sstürmer,strümer,sttürmer,stümrer,stüremr,stürmerr,stürmmer,stürmre,stürrmer,sütrmer,tsürmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stürmer - 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.

sstürmer1strümer2sttürmer1stümrer2stüremr2stürmerr1stürmmer1stürmre2
Edit distance from "Stürmer"

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 "Stürmer"?
"Stürmer" is spelled S-T-Ü-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʏʁmɐ].
What does "Stürmer" mean?
As a noun, "Stürmer" means: Offensivspieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe darin besteht, Tore zu schießen
What words are commonly confused with "Stürmer"?
"Stürmer" is commonly confused with "summer", "stürmt", "Stürze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stürmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stürmer" is [ˈʃtʏʁmɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stürmer" come from?
"Stürmer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Stürmer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ü-R-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃtʏʁmɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “summer” - see the side-by-side comparison. Stürmer vs summer
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list