Stall

/[ʃtal]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,457

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stall is aGermannoun. It means: Raum für den Aufenthalt von Haustieren Pronounced [ʃtal]. It ranks #8,457 in German word frequency. Often confused with Star and Stil.

Key facts for Stall
PropertyValue
HeadwordStall
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtal]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,457
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stall is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtal]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,457 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Stall, with forms such as "satll", "sstall", and "stal". 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", "Stil", "Stau", 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 Stall, spelled S-T-A-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raum für den Aufenthalt von Haustieren
  2. 2
    in der Aerodynamik, ein Effekt des Strömungsabrisses in der Aerodynamik
  3. 3
    Burgstall; Ruine einer Burg
  4. 4
    organisatorische Einheit von Personen, Tieren und/oder Technik
  5. 5
    organisatorische Einheit von Personen, Tieren und/oder Technik
  6. 6
    organisatorische Einheit von Personen, Tieren und/oder Technik
  7. 7
    organisatorische Einheit von Personen, Tieren und/oder Technik
  8. 8
    Hosenstall, Reißverschluss der Hose

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: satll,sstall,stal,stlal,sttall,tsall

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stall

Misspelling Variants of "Stall"

satll5sstall6stal4stlal5sttall6tsall5
Misspelling Variants of "Stall"

Frequency rank: #8,457 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stall"?
"Stall" is spelled S-T-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtal].
What does "Stall" mean?
As a noun, "Stall" means: Raum für den Aufenthalt von Haustieren
What words are commonly confused with "Stall"?
"Stall" is commonly confused with "Star", "Stil", "Stau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stall"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stall" is [ʃtal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stall" come from?
"Stall" 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.