Sterling
[ˈstɛʁlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Sterling” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,078
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pfund Sterling, Währungseinheit des Vereinigten Königreichs
Corpus desk
Index DE-sterling · Sterling · German
Sterling · rank #18,078 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,078
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Steckdose
Nearest frequency peer: Steckdose (-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 „Sterling“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Startelf
Startelf
81,926 corpus weight
- stationäre
stationäre
81,925 corpus weight
- Steckdose
Steckdose
81,924 corpus weight
- Sterling
Sterling
81,923 corpus weight
- Stichwahl
Stichwahl
81,922 corpus weight
- Stifter
Stifter
81,921 corpus weight
What this shows „Sterling“ 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 | Sterling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈstɛʁlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sterling“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sterling (IPA [ˈstɛʁlɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,078 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pfund Sterling, Währungseinheit des Vereinigten Königreichs".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sterling, with forms such as "setrling", "ssterling", and "stelring". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "String", "styling", "Stellung", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Sterling, spelled S-T-E-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Pfund Sterling, Währungseinheit des Vereinigten Königreichs
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sterling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch länger begnügten sich die norddeutschen Hansestädte mit einer kleinen Pfennigmünze, dem Hohlpfennig, der nur ein Viertel des Sterlings wert war.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setrling
- ssterling
- stelring
- sterilng
- sterlign
- sterlingg
- sterlinng
- sterlling
- sterlnig
- sterrling
- streling
- stterling
- tserling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sterling - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Sterling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).