steuerlich
[ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]
The verdict
“steuerlich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,067 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #20,067
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Steuern betreffend; in Bezug auf die Steuer
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 | steuerlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #20,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “steuerlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for steuerlich is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,067 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Steuern betreffend; in Bezug auf die Steuer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for steuerlich, with forms such as "setuerlich", "ssteuerlich", and "steeurlich". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "steuerliche", "steuerlichen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is steuerlich, spelled S-T-E-U-E-R-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1die Steuern betreffend; in Bezug auf die Steuer
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: setuerlich,ssteuerlich,steeurlich,steuelrich,steuerilch,steuerlcih,steuerlicch,steuerlichh,steuerlihc,steuerllich,steuerrlich,steurelich,stteuerlich,stueerlich,tseuerlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steuerlich - 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 “steuerlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-U-E-R-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “steuerliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. steuerlich vs steuerliche
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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