steckt

/[ʃtɛkt]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,862

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

steckt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stecken Pronounced [ʃtɛkt]. It ranks #1,862 in German word frequency. Often confused with steht and Stück.

Key facts for steckt
PropertyValue
Headwordsteckt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃtɛkt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,862
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of steckt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for steckt is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,862 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for steckt, with forms such as "setckt", "ssteckt", and "stcekt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "steht", "Stück", "Stock", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is steckt, spelled S-T-E-C-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stecken
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stecken
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stecken

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: setckt,ssteckt,stcekt,stecckt,steckkt,stecktt,stectk,stekct,stteckt,tseckt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for steckt

Misspelling Variants of "steckt"

setckt6ssteckt7stcekt6stecckt7steckkt7stecktt7stectk6stekct6
Misspelling Variants of "steckt"

Frequency rank: #1,862 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "steckt"?
"steckt" is spelled S-T-E-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtɛkt].
What does "steckt" mean?
As a verb, "steckt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stecken
What words are commonly confused with "steckt"?
"steckt" is commonly confused with "steht", "Stück", "Stock". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "steckt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steckt" is [ʃtɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steckt" come from?
"steckt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.