stürzen

[ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]

/[ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“stürzen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,362
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine hilflose, ungewollte Bewegung nach unten ausführen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sturzen · stürzen · German

stürzen · rank #6,362 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,362
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stuttgarter

Nearest frequency peer: Stuttgarter (-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 „stürzen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „stürzen“ 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).

stürzen vs stürzt
71% similar
stürzen vs surfen
57% similar
stürzen vs Stütze
57% similar

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

Key facts for stürzen
PropertyValue
Headwordstürzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,362
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stürzen“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stürzenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Stuttgarter“ (#6,361), „SZ“ (#6,363), „Tasse“ (#6,364). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stürzen“ bei #6,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around stürzen (IPA [ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,362 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stürzen, with forms such as "sstürzen", "strüzen", and "sttürzen". 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, "stürzt", "surfen", "Stütze", 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 stürzen, spelled S-T-Ü-R-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine hilflose, ungewollte Bewegung nach unten ausführen
  2. 2
    absichtlich zum Fallen bringen
  3. 3
    etwas umdrehen
  4. 4
    stark abnehmen
  5. 5
    sich sehr schnell fortbewegen
  6. 6
    einen Amtsinhaber oder ein politisches System gegen seinen Willen von der Macht entfernen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hilfe, ich stürze!
  2. „Es gibt diese Augenblicke, wo man in ein Loch der Sinnlosigkeit stürzt und überlegt, ob nicht alles vertan ist, ob das, was man macht, ein falscher Weg ist.“

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sstürzen
  • strüzen
  • sttürzen
  • stürezn
  • stürrzen
  • stürzenn
  • stürzne
  • stürzzen
  • stüzren
  • sütrzen
  • tsürzen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stürzen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sstürzen1strüzen2sttürzen1stürezn2stürrzen1stürzenn1stürzne2stürzzen1
Edit distance from "stürzen"

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 "stürzen"?
"stürzen" is spelled S-T-Ü-R-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩].
What does "stürzen" mean?
As a verb, "stürzen" means: eine hilflose, ungewollte Bewegung nach unten ausführen
What words are commonly confused with "stürzen"?
"stürzen" is commonly confused with "stürzt", "surfen", "Stütze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stürzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stürzen" is [ˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stürzen" come from?
"stürzen" 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?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stürzen", 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