Ständer
[ˈʃtɛndɐ]
The verdict
“Ständer” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,081 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,081
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - freistehende Vorrichtung, um etwas daran aufrecht zu positionieren oder aufzuhängen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ständer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛndɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ständer” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ständer is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɛndɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,081 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ständer, with forms such as "sständer", "stnäder", and "sttänder". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stunde", "Stange", "Sünder", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ständer, spelled S-T-Ä-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1freistehende Vorrichtung, um etwas daran aufrecht zu positionieren oder aufzuhängen
- 2erigiertes männliches Glied
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sständer,stnäder,sttänder,städner,ständder,ständerr,ständre,stänedr,stännder,sätnder,tsänder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ständer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Ständer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-Ä-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɛndɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Stunde” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ständer vs Stunde
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.