stehen
[ˈʃteːən]
The verdict
“stehen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #297
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf den Beinen ohne Ortsveränderung aufhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-stehen · stehen · German
stehen · rank #297 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #297
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH später
Nearest frequency peer: später (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “stehen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- jeden
jeden
99,707 corpus weight
- jemand
jemand
99,706 corpus weight
- später
später
99,705 corpus weight
- stehen
stehen
99,704 corpus weight
- wollte
wollte
99,703 corpus weight
- ganze
ganze
99,702 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “stehen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | stehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “stehen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around stehen (IPA [ˈʃteːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #297 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stehen, with forms such as "sethen", "sstehen", and "steehn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "steht", "Stein", "Stern", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is stehen, spelled S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich auf den Beinen ohne Ortsveränderung aufhalten
- 2sich irgendwo befinden
- 3sich in einer vertikalen Position befinden
- 4nicht funktionieren, nicht arbeiten
- 5gut passen
- 6beispielhaft sein, Maßstab sein
- 7fertig/gemacht/erledigt sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er steht auf dem Teppich.
„Schließlich habe ich die Freymarckstraße erreicht und bin vor dem schmutzigen, mit Muschelkalk beworfenen Haus gestanden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sethen
- sstehen
- steehn
- stehenn
- stehhen
- stehne
- stheen
- sttehen
- tsehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stehen - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "stehen". Here's where to go from here.
- "stehen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "steht". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #297 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.