Stethoskop

[ʃtetoˈskoːp]

/[ʃtetoˈskoːp]/ noun

The verdict

“Stethoskop” is uncommon German (frequency #99,135 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,135
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diagnosegerät zur Beurteilung von Geräuschen (vor allem in der Medizin)

Corpus desk

Index DE-stethoskop · Stethoskop · German

Stethoskop · rank #99,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,135
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sterbt

Nearest frequency peer: sterbt (-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 „Stethoskop“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stethoskop“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stethoskop
PropertyValue
HeadwordStethoskop
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtetoˈskoːp]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stethoskop“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Stethoskopfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sterbt“ (#99,134), „steuerfreien“ (#99,136), „Stenz“ (#99,133). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stethoskop“ bei #99,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stethoskop is uncommon German at frequency #99,135 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtetoˈskoːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diagnosegerät zur Beurteilung von Geräuschen (vor allem in der Medizin)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stethoskop, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stethoskop, spelled S-T-E-T-H-O-S-K-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diagnosegerät zur Beurteilung von Geräuschen (vor allem in der Medizin)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Stethoskop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um ihre Herztöne hören zu können, legte der Arzt ihr das Stethoskop auf die Brust.
  2. Der Einbrecher lauschte mit dem Stethoskop an der Tür des Panzerschranks, um die richtige Zahlenkombination herauszubekommen.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stethoskop"?
"Stethoskop" is spelled S-T-E-T-H-O-S-K-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtetoˈskoːp].
What does "Stethoskop" mean?
As a noun, "Stethoskop" means: Diagnosegerät zur Beurteilung von Geräuschen (vor allem in der Medizin)
How do you pronounce "Stethoskop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stethoskop" is [ʃtetoˈskoːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stethoskop" come from?
"Stethoskop" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stethoskop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list