Sternen
[ˈʃtɛʁnən]
The verdict
“Sternen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,116 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,116
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural 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 | Sternen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sternen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sternen is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɛʁnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,116 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sternen, with forms such as "setrnen", "ssternen", and "stenren". 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, "Szenen", "stören", "Steven", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sternen, spelled S-T-E-R-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Stern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: setrnen,ssternen,stenren,sterenn,sternenn,sternnen,sterrnen,strenen,stternen,tsernen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sternen - 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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Using “Sternen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-R-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɛʁnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Szenen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sternen vs Szenen
- 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.