Stempel
[ˈʃtɛmpl̩]
The verdict
“Stempel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,571
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Drucken eines Namens oder einer kurzen Information
Corpus desk
Index DE-stempel · Stempel · German
Stempel · rank #10,571 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,571
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH starkem
Nearest frequency peer: starkem (-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 „Stempel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sportarten
Sportarten
89,433 corpus weight
- Staatsbürger
Staatsbürger
89,432 corpus weight
- starkem
starkem
89,431 corpus weight
- Stempel
Stempel
89,430 corpus weight
- stick
stick
89,429 corpus weight
- streaming
streaming
89,428 corpus weight
What this shows „Stempel“ 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 | Stempel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛmpl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stempel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Stempel (IPA [ˈʃtɛmpl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,571 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stempel, with forms such as "setmpel", "sstempel", and "stemepl". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "steppe", "Stengel", "Steppen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Stempel, spelled S-T-E-M-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Drucken eines Namens oder einer kurzen Information
- 2Abdruck mit Hilfe von [1]
- 3Präge- oder Stanzvorrichtung
- 4Fruchtknoten, Griffel und Narbe einer Blüte
- 5Stütze, Strebe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stempel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Bastelstunde haben wir uns aus Kartoffeln Stempel gefertigt.
„Von den restlichen Geschenken waren ein Kinderlexikon und ein Stempel mit meinem Namen und meiner Adresse die besten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setmpel
- sstempel
- stemepl
- stemmpel
- stempell
- stemple
- stemppel
- stepmel
- stmepel
- sttempel
- tsempel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stempel - 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 "Stempel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).