stations

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The verdict

“stations” is uncommon German (frequency #78,577 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,577
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs station

Corpus desk

Index DE-stations · stations · German

stations · rank #78,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,577
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Staumauer

Nearest frequency peer: Staumauer (+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 „stations“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stations“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stations
PropertyValue
Headwordstations
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stations“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stationsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Staumauer“ (#78,578), „Stammkneipe“ (#78,575), „stehenlassen“ (#78,579). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stations“ bei #78,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stations is uncommon German at frequency #78,577 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs station".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stations in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is stations, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs station

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stations"?
"stations" is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "stations" mean?
As a noun, "stations" means: Plural des Substantivs station
How do you pronounce "stations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stations" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stations", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stetiges#78,584stockend#78,589sperrige#78,561Spenders#78,560

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list