stehend

[ˈʃteːənt]

/[ˈʃteːənt]/ verb

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The verdict

“stehend” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,595
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs stehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-stehend · stehend · German

stehend · rank #12,595 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,595
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH spannendes

Nearest frequency peer: spannendes (-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 „stehend“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „stehend“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stehend vs stehn
71% similar
stehend vs Steven
57% similar
stehend vs Stelen
57% similar

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

Key facts for stehend
PropertyValue
Headwordstehend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃteːənt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,595
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stehend“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stehendliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „spannendes“ (#12,594), „steuert“ (#12,596), „Sonnenaufgang“ (#12,593). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stehend“ bei #12,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around stehend (IPA [ˈʃteːənt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,595 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs stehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stehend, with forms such as "sethend", "sstehend", and "steehnd". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "stehn", "Steven", "Stelen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is stehend, spelled S-T-E-H-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens des Verbs stehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sethend
  • sstehend
  • steehnd
  • stehedn
  • stehendd
  • stehennd
  • stehhend
  • stehned
  • stheend
  • sttehend
  • tsehend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sethend2sstehend1steehnd2stehedn2stehendd1stehennd1stehhend1stehned2
Edit distance from "stehend"

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 "stehend"?
"stehend" is spelled S-T-E-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃteːənt].
What does "stehend" mean?
As a verb, "stehend" means: Partizip Präsens des Verbs stehen
What words are commonly confused with "stehend"?
"stehend" is commonly confused with "stehn", "Steven", "Stelen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stehend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stehend" is [ˈʃteːənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stehend" come from?
"stehend" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

steuert#12,596Schmitz#12,582Rüstung#12,578Roberto#12,576

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Schiffes11 variantsruiniert11 variantsvirtuelle11 variantsVorsatz11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list