Steher

[ˈʃteːɐ]

/[ˈʃteːɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Steher” is uncommon German (frequency #77,368 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,368
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilnehmer eines Steherrennens (langstreckiges Bahnrennen mit Schrittmacher) im Radsport

Corpus desk

Index DE-steher · Steher · German

Steher · rank #77,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,368
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Statthalters

Nearest frequency peer: Statthalters (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Steher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Steher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Steher
PropertyValue
HeadwordSteher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃteːɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,368
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Steher“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Steherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Statthalters“ (#77,367), „Steilküste“ (#77,369), „stationierte“ (#77,366). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Steher“ bei #77,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Steher is uncommon German at frequency #77,368 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃteːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Steher, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Steher, spelled S-T-E-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teilnehmer eines Steherrennens (langstreckiges Bahnrennen mit Schrittmacher) im Radsport
  2. 2
    Rennpferd, das für Steherdistanzen (lange Distanzen) eingesetzt wird
  3. 3
    Pfosten
  4. 4
    ein Tatverdächtiger, der im Verhör schweigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Steher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Da er ein Steher war, kam er mit dem Mannschaftsbewerb nicht zurecht.
  2. Wegen der enttäuschenden Sprintergebnisse entschloss man sich, das Pferd nur noch als Steher einzusetzen.

Antonyms

SprinterFliegerUmfaller

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 "Steher"?
"Steher" is spelled S-T-E-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃteːɐ].
What does "Steher" mean?
As a noun, "Steher" means: Teilnehmer eines Steherrennens (langstreckiges Bahnrennen mit Schrittmacher) im Radsport
How do you pronounce "Steher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Steher" is [ˈʃteːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Steher" come from?
"Steher" 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 "Steher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Storck#77,376sudden#77,385Tigern#77,420Trivia#77,433

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list