Stehplatz
[ˈʃteːˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Stehplatz” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,962 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,962
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stehmöglichkeit für Personen, zum Beispiel in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, bei Sportveranstaltungen oder in der Oper
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stehplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stehplatz” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Stehplatz is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃteːˌplat͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,962 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stehmöglichkeit für Personen, zum Beispiel in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, bei Sportveranstaltungen oder in der Oper".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Stehplatz, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Stehplatz, spelled S-T-E-H-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1eine Stehmöglichkeit für Personen, zum Beispiel in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, bei Sportveranstaltungen oder in der Oper
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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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Using “Stehplatz”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-H-P-L-A-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃteːˌplat͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.