Stephansplatz
[ˈʃtɛfansˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Stephansplatz” is uncommon German (frequency #66,727 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,727
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenname von Plätzen, Straßenname
Corpus desk
Index DE-stephansplatz · Stephansplatz · German
Stephansplatz · rank #66,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,727
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stem
Nearest frequency peer: stem (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Stephansplatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- steinige
steinige
33,277 corpus weight
- stem
stem
33,275 corpus weight
- Stephanspla…
Stephansplatz
33,274 corpus weight
- sterblich
sterblich
33,273 corpus weight
- sterilisier…
sterilisieren
33,272 corpus weight
- Steuervorte…
Steuervorteile
33,271 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stephansplatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stephansplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛfansˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stephansplatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stephansplatz is uncommon German at frequency #66,727 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛfansˌplat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenname von Plätzen, Straßenname".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Stephansplatz, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Stephansplatz, spelled S-T-E-P-H-A-N-S-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Eigenname von Plätzen, Straßenname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stephansplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Verlauf der Arbeiten wird nicht nur die Oberfläche saniert, auch Leitungen für Erdgas, Strom und Wasser werden erneuert – und am Stephansplatz werden zwei neue Trinkhydranten installiert.
Der Stephansplatz in Hamburg ist so etwas wie ein Knotenpunkt in der Hafenstadt.
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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