Speckstein
[ˈʃpɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Speckstein” is uncommon German (frequency #89,596 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,596
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - je nach Zusammensetzung als Mineral oder Gestein geltender, natürlich vorkommender chemischer Stoff
Corpus desk
Index DE-speckstein · Speckstein · German
Speckstein · rank #89,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,596
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH spassiger
Nearest frequency peer: spassiger (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Speckstein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sozialaussc…
Sozialausschuss
10,408 corpus weight
- spassiger
spassiger
10,406 corpus weight
- Speckstein
Speckstein
10,405 corpus weight
- Speichermed…
Speichermedium
10,404 corpus weight
- Sportverband
Sportverband
10,402 corpus weight
- Sprachbarri…
Sprachbarriere
10,401 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Speckstein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Speckstein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Speckstein is uncommon German at frequency #89,596 among 8,027 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Speckstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Außerdem bestanden sie aus der gleichen grünlich-grauen, wie Speckstein anmutenden Substanz.“
„Aus der Schublade nahm er ein kurzes Fleischmesser mit gebogener Klinge, prüfte mit dem Daumen die Schneide, zog die Schublade weiter heraus, griff darin nach hinten und förderte ein abgewetztes Stück grauen Speckstein zutage.“
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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