Speckstein
[ˈʃpɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Speckstein” is uncommon German (frequency #89,596 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,596
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - je nach Zusammensetzung als Mineral oder Gestein geltender, natürlich vorkommender chemischer Stoff
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speckstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Speckstein” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Speckstein is uncommon German at frequency #89,596 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "je nach Zusammensetzung als Mineral oder Gestein geltender, natürlich vorkommender chemischer Stoff".
Zero misspellings are on record for Speckstein in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Speckstein, spelled S-P-E-C-K-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1je nach Zusammensetzung als Mineral oder Gestein geltender, natürlich vorkommender chemischer Stoff
This word in other languages
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 “Speckstein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-P-E-C-K-S-T-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.