Steinbach
[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbax]
The verdict
“Steinbach” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,392
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-steinbach · Steinbach · German
Steinbach · rank #12,392 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,392
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sprachgebrauch
Nearest frequency peer: Sprachgebrauch (-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 „Steinbach“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Spekulation…
Spekulationen
87,612 corpus weight
- Sperrung
Sperrung
87,611 corpus weight
- Sprachgebra…
Sprachgebrauch
87,610 corpus weight
- Steinbach
Steinbach
87,609 corpus weight
- strikt
strikt
87,608 corpus weight
- Tageslicht
Tageslicht
87,607 corpus weight
What this shows „Steinbach“ 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 | Steinbach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbax] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Steinbach“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Steinbach (IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbax]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,392 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Steinbach, with forms such as "setinbach", "ssteinbach", and "steibnach". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Steinbock", "Steinbruch", "Steinach", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Steinbach, spelled S-T-E-I-N-B-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Steinbach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Steinbach liegt im Süden Hessens.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setinbach
- ssteinbach
- steibnach
- steinabch
- steinbacch
- steinbachh
- steinbahc
- steinbbach
- steinbcah
- steinnbach
- stenibach
- stienbach
- stteinbach
- tseinbach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Steinbach - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Steinbach", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).