Steinbock
[ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbɔk]
The verdict
“Steinbock” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,478
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hochgebirgstier mit langen, gebogenen Hörnern aus der Gattung der Ziegen (Capra hibex)
Corpus desk
Index DE-steinbock · Steinbock · German
Steinbock · rank #41,478 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,478
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stammsitz
Nearest frequency peer: Stammsitz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Steinbock”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Stadtrats
Stadtrats
58,526 corpus weight
- Stadträtin
Stadträtin
58,525 corpus weight
- Stammsitz
Stammsitz
58,524 corpus weight
- Steinbock
Steinbock
58,523 corpus weight
- stopft
stopft
58,521 corpus weight
- streikt
streikt
58,520 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Steinbock” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Steinbock |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbɔk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Steinbock” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Steinbock (IPA [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbɔk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,478 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Steinbock, with forms such as "setinbock", "ssteinbock", and "steibnock". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Steinbach", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Steinbock, spelled S-T-E-I-N-B-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Hochgebirgstier mit langen, gebogenen Hörnern aus der Gattung der Ziegen (Capra hibex)
- 2ein Sternbild
- 3das zehnte Tierkreiszeichen oder ein in diesem Zeichen Geborener
- 4gemeine Figur, die einen Steinbock ^([1]) darstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steinbock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als sie das Felsentor durchschritten stand über ihnen auf einem schmalen Vorsprung ein wunderschöner Steinbock.
„Sie liefen den Steinböcken hinterher, verirrten sich und verdursteten in den Bergen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setinbock
- ssteinbock
- steibnock
- steinbbock
- steinbcok
- steinbocck
- steinbockk
- steinbokc
- steinnbock
- steinobck
- stenibock
- stienbock
- stteinbock
- tseinbock
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Steinbock - 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 "Steinbock", 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).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Steinbach". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,478 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.