Sterne
[ˈʃtɛʁnə]
The verdict
“Sterne” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,992 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,992
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Stern
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 | Sterne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sterne” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sterne is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɛʁnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,992 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sterne, with forms such as "setrne", "ssterne", and "stenre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Szene", "Stirn", "store", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sterne, spelled S-T-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Stern
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Stern
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Stern
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Stern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: setrne,ssterne,stenre,steren,sternne,sterrne,strene,stterne,tserne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sterne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Sterne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-R-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɛʁnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Szene” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sterne vs Szene
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.