Stele
[ˈʃteːlə]
The verdict
“Stele” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,226
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grabstein, Gedenkstein der Antike, Pfeiler mit einer Inschrift- oder Bildtafel; heute auch moderne freistehende Informationstafel
Corpus desk
Index DE-stele · Stele · German
Stele · rank #40,226 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,226
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steinhaus
Nearest frequency peer: Steinhaus (-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 „Stele“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Startkapital
Startkapital
59,778 corpus weight
- Staudamm
Staudamm
59,777 corpus weight
- Steinhaus
Steinhaus
59,776 corpus weight
- Stele
Stele
59,775 corpus weight
- Steppen
Steppen
59,774 corpus weight
- Sternbild
Sternbild
59,773 corpus weight
What this shows „Stele“ 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 | Stele |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃteːlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stele“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Stele (IPA [ˈʃteːlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,226 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stele, with forms such as "setle", "sstele", and "stlee". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stil", "step", "stolz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stele, spelled S-T-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1Grabstein, Gedenkstein der Antike, Pfeiler mit einer Inschrift- oder Bildtafel; heute auch moderne freistehende Informationstafel
- 2Leitbündelstrang im Spross, Blatt oder in der Wurzel von Pflanzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stele appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Stele mit dem lebensgroßen Relief König Sargons des Zweiten wurde nun auf der Insel Cypern aufgestellt und verbreitete Schrecken und Furcht unter der Bevölkerung.“
„Ein Relief auf einer der Stelen zeigt eine Jagdszene.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setle
- sstele
- stlee
- sttele
- tsele
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stele - 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 "Stele", 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).