Stadt

/[ʃtat]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#206

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stadt is aGermannoun. It means: meist größere, zivile, zentralisierte, abgegrenzte, häufig und oft historisch mit Stadtrechten ausgestattete Siedlung Pronounced [ʃtat]. It ranks #206 in German word frequency. Often confused with Star and Stau.

Key facts for Stadt
PropertyValue
HeadwordStadt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtat]
Letters5
Frequency rank#206
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stadt is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtat]. Corpus data places it at rank #206 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 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 Stadt, with forms such as "satdt", "sstadt", and "staddt". 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, "Star", "Stau", "stan", 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 Stadt, spelled S-T-A-D-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist größere, zivile, zentralisierte, abgegrenzte, häufig und oft historisch mit Stadtrechten ausgestattete Siedlung
  2. 2
    die Bevölkerung einer Stadt^([1])
  3. 3
    Verwaltung, Regierung einer Stadt^([1])
  4. 4
    wirtschaftliches oder kulturelles Zentrum einer Stadt^([1])

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: satdt,sstadt,staddt,stadtt,statd,stdat,sttadt,tsadt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stadt

Misspelling Variants of "Stadt"

satdt5sstadt6staddt6stadtt6statd5stdat5sttadt6tsadt5
Misspelling Variants of "Stadt"

Frequency rank: #206 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stadt"?
"Stadt" is spelled S-T-A-D-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtat].
What does "Stadt" mean?
As a noun, "Stadt" means: meist größere, zivile, zentralisierte, abgegrenzte, häufig und oft historisch mit Stadtrechten ausgestattete Siedlung
What words are commonly confused with "Stadt"?
"Stadt" is commonly confused with "Star", "Stau", "stan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stadt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stadt" is [ʃtat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stadt" come from?
"Stadt" 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.