stemmen

[ˈʃtɛmən]

/[ˈʃtɛmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“stemmen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,417
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Schweres in die Höhe heben

Corpus desk

Index DE-stemmen · stemmen · German

stemmen · rank #20,417 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,417
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprüchen

Nearest frequency peer: Sprüchen (-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 „stemmen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „stemmen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

stemmen vs Stimme
57% similar
stemmen vs Steven
57% similar
stemmen vs summen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for stemmen
PropertyValue
Headwordstemmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃtɛmən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,417
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „stemmen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.stemmenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sprüchen“ (#20,416), „Steuereinnahmen“ (#20,418), „Spinat“ (#20,415). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stemmen“ bei #20,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around stemmen (IPA [ˈʃtɛmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,417 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for stemmen, with forms such as "setmmen", "sstemmen", and "stememn". 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, "Stimme", "Steven", "summen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stemmen, spelled S-T-E-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Schweres in die Höhe heben
  2. 2
    gegen etwas drücken
  3. 3
    mittels Werkzeugen ein Loch, eine Vertiefung in ein Material machen
  4. 4
    Widerstand leisten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stemmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er stemmt das Klavier, um es in den Umzugswagen laden zu können.
  2. Aus Müdigkeit stemmte sie die Arme auf den Tisch.

This word in other languages

lift(English)levantar(Español)lever(Français)levantar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • setmmen
  • sstemmen
  • stememn
  • stemen
  • stemmenn
  • stemmne
  • stmemen
  • sttemmen
  • tsemmen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stemmen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

setmmen2sstemmen1stememn2stemen1stemmenn1stemmne2stmemen2sttemmen1
Edit distance from "stemmen"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stemmen"?
"stemmen" is spelled S-T-E-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛmən].
What does "stemmen" mean?
As a verb, "stemmen" means: etwas Schweres in die Höhe heben
What words are commonly confused with "stemmen"?
"stemmen" is commonly confused with "Stimme", "Steven", "summen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stemmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stemmen" is [ˈʃtɛmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stemmen" come from?
"stemmen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stemmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stöhnen#20,423Sheriff#20,408scannen#20,396Trophäe#20,439

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Spinat9 variantsSigrid9 variantsVerben9 variantsVerzug9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list