stehn

[ʃteːn]

/[ʃteːn]/ verb

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The verdict

“stehn” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,938
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-stehn · stehn · German

stehn · rank #24,938 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,938
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stadtmitte

Nearest frequency peer: Stadtmitte (-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 „stehn“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „stehn“ 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).

stehn vs Sven
40% similar
stehn vs step
60% similar
stehn vs steht
80% similar

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

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stehn“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stehnliegt 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: „Stadtmitte“ (#24,937), „Sternwarte“ (#24,939), „Staatsmann“ (#24,936). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stehn“ bei #24,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around stehn (IPA [ʃteːn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,938 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "stehen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stehn, with forms such as "sethn", "sstehn", and "stehhn". 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, "Sven", "step", "steht", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 stehn, spelled S-T-E-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    stehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wir aber stehn unten ganz zurückgedrängt und wesenlos und sehen diesem Menschen zu.“
  2. „Jede Frau kann heute selbst ihren Mann stehn.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sethn
  • sstehn
  • stehhn
  • stehnn
  • stenh
  • sthen
  • sttehn
  • tsehn

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sethn2sstehn1stehhn1stehnn1stenh2sthen2sttehn1tsehn2
Edit distance from "stehn"

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 "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. 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 "stehn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spots#24,933tanze#24,948Teens#24,950Serge#24,924

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Spione8 variantsSpeise8 variantsserena8 variantsVicky8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list