stets
[ʃteːt͡s]
The verdict
“stets” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,337
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu jeder Zeit, immer
Corpus desk
Index DE-stets · stets · German
stets · rank #1,337 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,337
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sterben
Nearest frequency peer: sterben (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “stets”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Show
Show
98,668 corpus weight
- sitzt
sitzt
98,667 corpus weight
- spät
spät
98,666 corpus weight
- sterben
sterben
98,665 corpus weight
- stets
stets
98,664 corpus weight
- Tolle
Tolle
98,663 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “stets” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | stets |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʃteːt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “stets” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around stets (IPA [ʃteːt͡s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,337 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for stets, with forms such as "setts", "sstets", and "stest". 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, "Steyr", "Stute", "Stils", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is stets, spelled S-T-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1zu jeder Zeit, immer
- 2bei jedem Anlass, jedes Mal, immer wieder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist stets hungrig.
„Stets war es ihr wichtig gewesen, nicht aufzufallen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- setts
- sstets
- stest
- stetss
- stetts
- sttes
- sttets
- tsets
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stets - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stets", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "stets". Here's where to go from here.
- "stets" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Steyr". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,337 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.