stehn

/[ʃteːn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,938

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

stehn is aGermanverb. It means: stehen Pronounced [ʃteːn]. Often confused with Sven and step.

Key facts for stehn
PropertyValue
Headwordstehn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃteːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,938
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of stehn in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stehn is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃteːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,938 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "stehen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for stehn, with forms such as "sethn", "sstehn", and "stehhn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sven", "step", "steht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is stehn, spelled S-T-E-H-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    stehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sethn,sstehn,stehhn,stehnn,stenh,sthen,sttehn,tsehn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for stehn

Misspelling Variants of "stehn"

sethn5sstehn6stehhn6stehnn6stenh5sthen5sttehn6tsehn5
Misspelling Variants of "stehn"

Frequency rank: #24,938 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stehn"?
"stehn" is spelled S-T-E-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃteːn].
What does "stehn" mean?
As a verb, "stehn" means: stehen
What words are commonly confused with "stehn"?
"stehn" is commonly confused with "Sven", "step", "steht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stehn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stehn" is [ʃteːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stehn" come from?
"stehn" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.