steckten

Name: steckten, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃtɛktn̩]

/[ˈʃtɛktn̩]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“steckten” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,906
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-steckten · steckten · German

steckten · rank #22,906 · 13 variants · 15 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,906
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH stattfindende

Nearest frequency peer: stattfindende (-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.

standing

77,098
starts

77,097
stattfinden…

77,096
steckten

77,095
steirischen

77,094
sterblichen

77,093

What this shows „steckten“ 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).

steckten vs Stücken

63% similar

steckten vs stocken

75% similar

steckten vs Stetten

63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for steckten
Property	Value
Headword	steckten
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ˈʃtɛktn̩]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#22,906
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	15
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „steckten“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stecktenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,906

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „stattfindende“ (#22,905), „steirischen“ (#22,907), „starts“ (#22,904). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „steckten“ bei #22,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around steckten (IPA [ˈʃtɛktn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,906 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for steckten, with forms such as "setckten", "ssteckten", and "stcekten". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Stücken", "stocken", "Stetten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is steckten, spelled S-T-E-C-K-T-E-N.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

setckten
ssteckten
stcekten
stecckten
stecketn
steckkten
stecktenn
stecktne
stecktten
stectken
stekcten
stteckten
tseckten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steckten - 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.

Edit distance from "steckten"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "steckten"?

"steckten" is spelled S-T-E-C-K-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛktn̩].

What does "steckten" mean?

As a verb, "steckten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stecken

What words are commonly confused with "steckten"?

"steckten" is commonly confused with "Stücken", "stocken", "Stetten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "steckten"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steckten" is [ˈʃtɛktn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "steckten" come from?

"steckten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "steckten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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