Staffelung
[ˈʃtafəlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Staffelung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,949 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,949
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unterteilung eines bestimmten Bereichs in mehrere sinnvolle Teilbereiche
Corpus desk
Index DE-staffelung · Staffelung · German
Staffelung · rank #61,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,949
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stadtrundfahrt
Nearest frequency peer: Stadtrundfahrt (-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 „Staffelung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Spätwerk
Spätwerk
38,055 corpus weight
- staatlichem
staatlichem
38,054 corpus weight
- Stadtrundfa…
Stadtrundfahrt
38,053 corpus weight
- Staffelung
Staffelung
38,052 corpus weight
- Stammtische
Stammtische
38,051 corpus weight
- stank
stank
38,049 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Staffelung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Staffelung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtafəlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Staffelung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Staffelung is uncommon German at frequency #61,949 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtafəlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterteilung eines bestimmten Bereichs in mehrere sinnvolle Teilbereiche".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Staffelung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Staffelung, spelled S-T-A-F-F-E-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Unterteilung eines bestimmten Bereichs in mehrere sinnvolle Teilbereiche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Staffelung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der örtliche Träger der öffentlichen Jugendhilfe hat eine soziale Staffelung der Elternbeiträge vorzusehen.
„Am aufschlussreichsten von allem aber war, dass sie keine gesellschaftliche Staffelung kannten, keine soziale Hierarchie, nicht einmal irgendwelche Statusgruppen, jedenfalls soweit Everett es feststellen konnte.“
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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