stellar

/[stɛˈlaːɐ̯]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,652

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

stellar is anGermanadj. It means: die Sterne betreffend Pronounced [stɛˈlaːɐ̯].

Key facts for stellar
PropertyValue
Headwordstellar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[stɛˈlaːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of stellar in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stellar is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [stɛˈlaːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,652 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Sterne betreffend".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for stellar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is stellar, spelled S-T-E-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Sterne betreffend

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #93,652 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stellar"?
"stellar" is spelled S-T-E-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [stɛˈlaːɐ̯].
What does "stellar" mean?
As an adj, "stellar" means: die Sterne betreffend
How do you pronounce "stellar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stellar" is [stɛˈlaːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stellar" come from?
"stellar" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.