steckte
[ˈʃtɛktə]
The verdict
“steckte” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,273
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-steckte · steckte · German
steckte · rank #9,273 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,273
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stattfand
Nearest frequency peer: stattfand (-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 „steckte“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stadtgebiet
Stadtgebiet
90,731 corpus weight
- statistisch
statistisch
90,730 corpus weight
- stattfand
stattfand
90,729 corpus weight
- steckte
steckte
90,728 corpus weight
- Strache
Strache
90,727 corpus weight
- strategische
strategische
90,726 corpus weight
What this shows „steckte“ 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 | steckte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛktə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „steckte“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around steckte (IPA [ˈʃtɛktə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,273 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for steckte, with forms such as "setckte", "ssteckte", and "stcekte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Stücke", "stockt", "stellte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is steckte, spelled S-T-E-C-K-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setckte
- ssteckte
- stcekte
- stecckte
- stecket
- steckkte
- stecktte
- stectke
- stekcte
- stteckte
- tseckte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steckte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "steckte", 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).