stech

[stɛx]

/[stɛx]/ unknown

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The verdict

“stech” is uncommon German (frequency #67,735 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,735
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lokativ Plural des Numerales sto

Corpus desk

Index DE-stech · stech · German

stech · rank #67,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,735
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH staunten

Nearest frequency peer: staunten (-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 „stech“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stech
PropertyValue
Headwordstech
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[stɛx]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,735
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stech“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „staunten“ (#67,734), „Steilhang“ (#67,736), „stalken“ (#67,733). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stech“ bei #67,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stech is uncommon German at frequency #67,735 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed [stɛx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lokativ Plural des Numerales sto".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stech in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 stech, spelled S-T-E-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lokativ Plural des Numerales sto

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 "stech"?
"stech" is spelled S-T-E-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [stɛx].
What does "stech" mean?
As an unknown, "stech" means: Lokativ Plural des Numerales sto
How do you pronounce "stech"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stech" is [stɛx]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stech" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stops#67,745Speis#67,719tappt#67,767Selbs#67,695

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list