Stasi
[ˈʃtaːzi]
The verdict
“Stasi” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,635
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geheimpolizei der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, die im In- und Ausland operierte
Corpus desk
Index DE-stasi · Stasi · German
Stasi · rank #9,635 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,635
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spezies
Nearest frequency peer: Spezies (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Stasi“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sollt
sollt
90,369 corpus weight
- source
source
90,368 corpus weight
- Spezies
Spezies
90,367 corpus weight
- Stasi
Stasi
90,366 corpus weight
- steil
steil
90,365 corpus weight
- Stellenwert
Stellenwert
90,364 corpus weight
What this shows „Stasi“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Stasi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaːzi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stasi“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Stasi (IPA [ˈʃtaːzi]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #9,635 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Geheimpolizei der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, die im In- und Ausland operierte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stasi, with forms such as "satsi", "sstasi", and "stais". 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, "Stau", "stay", "statt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Stasi, spelled S-T-A-S-I.
Definition
- 1Geheimpolizei der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, die im In- und Ausland operierte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stasi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als die Unruhe, die sie verbreiteten, Freya Klier zu viel wurde, rief sie ‚jetzt reicht’s aber mit dem Stasi hier im Saal‘. Der lautstarke Beifall, den sie erhielt, bewies, welcher Beliebtheit sich Krawczyk erfreute und was man über den SSD dachte.“
„Er wand sich bei der Frage, warum er einen ‚belasteten Mann‘ an die Spitze des Stasis gestellt habe, er wand sich, als es um den Haß im Volk gegen die Aufpasser von gestern ging, er wand sich bei der Frage, warum Wolf Biermann nicht ins Land darf.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satsi
- sstasi
- stais
- stassi
- stsai
- sttasi
- tsasi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stasi - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stasi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).