steig
[ʃtaɪ̯k]
The verdict
“steig” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,420
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-steig · steig · German
steig · rank #17,420 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,420
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steg
Nearest frequency peer: Steg (-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 „steig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sprachlos
sprachlos
82,584 corpus weight
- stabiler
stabiler
82,583 corpus weight
- Steg
Steg
82,582 corpus weight
- steig
steig
82,581 corpus weight
- Steuerhinte…
Steuerhinterziehung
82,580 corpus weight
- Stollen
Stollen
82,579 corpus weight
What this shows „steig“ 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 | steig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃtaɪ̯k] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #17,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „steig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around steig (IPA [ʃtaɪ̯k]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,420 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for steig, with forms such as "setig", "ssteig", and "stegi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stil", "step", "Strg", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is steig, spelled S-T-E-I-G.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs steigen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setig
- ssteig
- stegi
- steigg
- tseig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steig - 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 "steig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).