stellen

/[ˈʃtɛlən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#370

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

stellen is aGermanverb. It means: senkrecht, mit den Füßen den Boden, einen bestimmten Platz oder Gegenstand berührend, in eine bestimmte oder übliche Position bringen Pronounced [ˈʃtɛlən]. It ranks #370 in German word frequency. Often confused with stellt and Stille.

Key facts for stellen
PropertyValue
Headwordstellen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɛlən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#370
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for stellen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɛlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #370 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for stellen, with forms such as "setllen", "sstellen", and "steleln". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stellt", "Stille", "Steven", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 stellen, spelled S-T-E-L-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    senkrecht, mit den Füßen den Boden, einen bestimmten Platz oder Gegenstand berührend, in eine bestimmte oder übliche Position bringen
  2. 2
    einstellen, etwas justieren
  3. 3
    sich einer Situation aussetzen ( sich bewusst von der Polizei verhaften lassen)
  4. 4
    etwas fangen
  5. 5
    etwas Eigenes zu einer Gegebenheit beisteuern, etwas kostenlos einbringen
  6. 6
    zum Beispiel: eine Frage stellen = fragen, einen Antrag stellen = beantragen; Angelegenheit in eine sprachliche Form fassen
  7. 7
    so tun, als ob die genannte Eigenschaft zutreffen würde
  8. 8
    einen bestimmten Preis haben, eine bestimmte Summe kosten

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: setllen,sstellen,steleln,stellenn,stellne,stlelen,sttellen,tsellen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for stellen

Misspelling Variants of "stellen"

setllen7sstellen8steleln7stellenn8stellne7stlelen7sttellen8tsellen7
Misspelling Variants of "stellen"

Frequency rank: #370 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stellen"?
"stellen" is spelled S-T-E-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛlən].
What does "stellen" mean?
As a verb, "stellen" means: senkrecht, mit den Füßen den Boden, einen bestimmten Platz oder Gegenstand berührend, in eine bestimmte oder übliche Position bringen
What words are commonly confused with "stellen"?
"stellen" is commonly confused with "stellt", "Stille", "Steven". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stellen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stellen" is [ˈʃtɛlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stellen" come from?
"stellen" 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.