Steckbrief
[ˈʃtɛkˌbʁiːf]
The verdict
“Steckbrief” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,430
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmte, behördliche Zusammenstellung der Merkmale eines gesuchten Verbrechers mit der Bitte um sachdienliche Hinweise
Corpus desk
Index DE-steckbrief · Steckbrief · German
Steckbrief · rank #38,430 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,430
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stehenbleiben
Nearest frequency peer: stehenbleiben (+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 „Steckbrief“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stadtgrenze
Stadtgrenze
61,574 corpus weight
- Stadtrates
Stadtrates
61,573 corpus weight
- Steckbrief
Steckbrief
61,571 corpus weight
- stehenbleib…
stehenbleiben
61,570 corpus weight
- Sterns
Sterns
61,569 corpus weight
- stilistische
stilistische
61,568 corpus weight
What this shows „Steckbrief“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steckbrief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛkˌbʁiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Steckbrief“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Steckbrief (IPA [ˈʃtɛkˌbʁiːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,430 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Steckbrief, with forms such as "setckbrief", "ssteckbrief", and "stcekbrief". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Steckbrief, spelled S-T-E-C-K-B-R-I-E-F.
Definition
- 1für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmte, behördliche Zusammenstellung der Merkmale eines gesuchten Verbrechers mit der Bitte um sachdienliche Hinweise
- 2Übersicht wichtiger Kenndaten über eine Person, ein Lebewesen oder einen Gegenstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steckbrief appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Wilden Westen wurden Steckbriefe mit dem Wort „wanted“ überschrieben.
„Ich darf nicht länger zögern, aber wie komme ich zu ihm, mein Steckbrief hängt an allen Litfaßsäulen, mein Gesicht ist allzuvielen bekannt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setckbrief
- ssteckbrief
- stcekbrief
- stecbkrief
- stecckbrief
- steckbbrief
- steckbiref
- steckbreif
- steckbrieff
- steckbrife
- steckbrrief
- steckkbrief
- steckrbief
- stekcbrief
- stteckbrief
- tseckbrief
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Steckbrief - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Steckbrief", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).