Staufer

[ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ]

/[ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Staufer” is uncommon German (frequency #54,914 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,914
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Geschlechtes

Corpus desk

Index DE-staufer · Staufer · German

Staufer · rank #54,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,914
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH startest

Nearest frequency peer: startest (-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 „Staufer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staufer
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaufer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,914
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staufer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „startest“ (#54,913), „Steinweg“ (#54,915), „sterile“ (#54,916). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staufer“ bei #54,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staufer is uncommon German at frequency #54,914 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Geschlechtes".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Staufer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Staufer, spelled S-T-A-U-F-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Geschlechtes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Staufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Friedrich Barbarossa war wohl der bekannteste Sprössling des Geschlechtes der Staufer.
  2. „Auch in der Literatur und in der bildenden Kunst war die Geschichte der Staufer ein immer wieder mit nationalem Pathos aufgegriffenes Thema.“

Synonyms

Hohenstaufe

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Staufer"?
"Staufer" is spelled S-T-A-U-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ].
What does "Staufer" mean?
As a noun, "Staufer" means: Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Geschlechtes
How do you pronounce "Staufer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staufer" is [ˈʃtaʊ̯fɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staufer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list