Steißfleck
[ˈʃtaɪ̯sˌflɛk]
The verdict
“Steißfleck” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unregelmäßige bläuliche Muttermale meist am Rücken, Gesäß oder Kreuzbein eines Kindes
Corpus desk
Index DE-stei-fleck · Steißfleck · German
Steißfleck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steißfleck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯sˌflɛk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steißfleck“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steißfleck is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯sˌflɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unregelmäßige bläuliche Muttermale meist am Rücken, Gesäß oder Kreuzbein eines Kindes".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Steißfleck, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Steißfleck, spelled S-T-E-I-S-S-F-L-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1unregelmäßige bläuliche Muttermale meist am Rücken, Gesäß oder Kreuzbein eines Kindes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steißfleck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Darauf weist die Erscheinung hin, daß der entsprechend gelagerte Steißfleck (Mongolenfleck), obwohl aus braunem Pigment bestehend, makroskopisch bläulich aussieht.“
„Die überholt klingenden Mongolenflecken (oder auch Steißfleck) sind bei dunkelhäutigen Babys verbreitet und sehen ähnlich wie ein flacher Bluterguss in grau-bläulicher Farbe aus.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.