Stecher
[ˈʃtɛçɐ]
The verdict
“Stecher” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,286
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Gravuren für Druckplatten oder dergleichen anfertigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-stecher · Stecher · German
Stecher · rank #32,286 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,286
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Statistiker
Nearest frequency peer: Statistiker (-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 „Stecher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- SSW
SSW
67,718 corpus weight
- Stalins
Stalins
67,717 corpus weight
- Statistiker
Statistiker
67,716 corpus weight
- Stecher
Stecher
67,715 corpus weight
- Stereotype
Stereotype
67,713 corpus weight
- stillschwei…
stillschweigen
67,712 corpus weight
What this shows „Stecher“ 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 | Stecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛçɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stecher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Stecher (IPA [ˈʃtɛçɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,286 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stecher, with forms such as "setcher", "sstecher", and "stceher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stehe", "stehen", "Steuer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stecher, spelled S-T-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die Gravuren für Druckplatten oder dergleichen anfertigt
- 2Person, die im Zuge eines Streits mit einem Messer zusticht
- 3Abzug an Feuerwaffen
- 4Gegenstand/Hilfsmittel zum Stechen
- 5Mann, mit dem jemand eine (außereheliche) sexuelle Beziehung führt
- 6Schnabel von Watvögeln (besonders der Schnepfen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seizinger lässt sich in Belgrad nieder und wird als Stecher bald die ersten Briefmarken in Druckplatten umsetzen.“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setcher
- sstecher
- stceher
- steccher
- stecehr
- stecherr
- stechher
- stechre
- stehcer
- sttecher
- tsecher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stecher - 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 "Stecher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).