stampede
[stæmˈpiːd]
The verdict
“stampede” is uncommon German (frequency #93,644 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,644
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Menschenauflauf
Corpus desk
Index DE-stampede · stampede · German
stampede · rank #93,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,644
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stadtbummel
Nearest frequency peer: Stadtbummel (-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 „stampede“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stader
stader
6,360 corpus weight
- Stadtbummel
Stadtbummel
6,358 corpus weight
- stampede
stampede
6,357 corpus weight
- Standardmod…
Standardmodell
6,356 corpus weight
- staples
staples
6,354 corpus weight
- starks
starks
6,353 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stampede“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stampede |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [stæmˈpiːd] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stampede“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stampede is uncommon German at frequency #93,644 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [stæmˈpiːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for stampede, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stampede, spelled S-T-A-M-P-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1der Menschenauflauf
- 2wilde Flucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stampede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"To be held paralyzed, with one's back toward some horrible and unknown danger from the very sound of which the ferocious Apache warriors turn in wild stampede, as a flock of sheep would madly flee from a pack of wolves, seems to me the last word in fearsome predicaments for a man who had ever been used to fighting for his life with all the energy of a po…
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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