Steigung
[ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Steigung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,151
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Steilheitsgrad (allgemein) und speziell in Aufwärtsrichtung
Corpus desk
Index DE-steigung · Steigung · German
Steigung · rank #22,151 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,151
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH standhalten
Nearest frequency peer: standhalten (-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 „Steigung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Stammes
Stammes
77,853 corpus weight
- standhalten
standhalten
77,851 corpus weight
- Steigung
Steigung
77,850 corpus weight
- Stimmungen
Stimmungen
77,849 corpus weight
- Strafraum
Strafraum
77,848 corpus weight
- strahlte
strahlte
77,847 corpus weight
What this shows „Steigung“ 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 | Steigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Steigung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Steigung (IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,151 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Steigung, with forms such as "setigung", "ssteigung", and "stegiung". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Stellung", "Steigungen", "steigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Steigung, spelled S-T-E-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Steilheitsgrad (allgemein) und speziell in Aufwärtsrichtung
- 2Ergebnis einer Differentiation, also die Bildung eines Differentialquotienten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Steigung können nur noch die stärksten Fahrer mit Armstrong mithalten.
„Nach einer letzten Steigung um zwei Haarnadelkurven herum, die durch eine S-Kurve miteinander verbunden waren, fuhr der Bus plötzlich mit Karacho in das Dorf hinein.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setigung
- ssteigung
- stegiung
- steiggung
- steignug
- steigugn
- steigungg
- steigunng
- steiugng
- stiegung
- stteigung
- tseigung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Steigung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Steigung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).