steckte

/[ˈʃtɛktə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,273

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

steckte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken Pronounced [ˈʃtɛktə]. It ranks #9,273 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stücke and stockt.

Key facts for steckte
PropertyValue
Headwordsteckte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɛktə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,273
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for steckte is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɛktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,273 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for steckte, with forms such as "setckte", "ssteckte", and "stcekte". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Stücke", "stockt", "stellte", 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 steckte, spelled S-T-E-C-K-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
  4. 4
    3. 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for steckte

Misspelling Variants of "steckte"

setckte7ssteckte8stcekte7stecckte8stecket7steckkte8stecktte8stectke7
Misspelling Variants of "steckte"

Frequency rank: #9,273 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "steckte"?
"steckte" is spelled S-T-E-C-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛktə].
What does "steckte" mean?
As a verb, "steckte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken
What words are commonly confused with "steckte"?
"steckte" is commonly confused with "Stücke", "stockt", "stellte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "steckte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steckte" is [ˈʃtɛktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steckte" come from?
"steckte" 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.