stehlen
[ˈʃteːlən]
The verdict
“stehlen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,810
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas aus dem Besitz eines anderen ohne dessen Einverständnis wegnehmen; einen Diebstahl begehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-stehlen · stehlen · German
stehlen · rank #9,810 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,810
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH steam
Nearest frequency peer: steam (-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 „stehlen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- stabile
stabile
90,194 corpus weight
- Stanley
Stanley
90,193 corpus weight
- steam
steam
90,192 corpus weight
- stehlen
stehlen
90,191 corpus weight
- stinkt
stinkt
90,190 corpus weight
- Syrer
Syrer
90,189 corpus weight
What this shows „stehlen“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stehlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːlən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stehlen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around stehlen (IPA [ˈʃteːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,810 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stehlen, with forms such as "sethlen", "sstehlen", and "steheln". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stehn", "Stele", "Stelle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is stehlen, spelled S-T-E-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas aus dem Besitz eines anderen ohne dessen Einverständnis wegnehmen; einen Diebstahl begehen
- 2unbemerkt weggehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stehlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Dieb stahl letzte Woche ein wertvolles Collier.
Am Morgen stahl er sich leise aus dem Haus.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sethlen
- sstehlen
- steheln
- stehhlen
- stehlenn
- stehllen
- stehlne
- stelhen
- sthelen
- sttehlen
- tsehlen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stehlen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stehlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).