steuern
[ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]
The verdict
“steuern” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,042 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,042
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Fahrzeug oder ein technisches Gerät lenken
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 | steuern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “steuern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for steuern is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,042 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for steuern, with forms such as "setuern", "ssteuern", and "steeurn". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Steven", "steuert", "streuen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 steuern, spelled S-T-E-U-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1ein Fahrzeug oder ein technisches Gerät lenken
- 2einen Prozess, eine Handlung anführend beeinflussen
- 3eine bestimmte Richtung einschlagen
- 4gegen etwas kämpfen
- 5Steuern zahlen
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: setuern,ssteuern,steeurn,steuenr,steuernn,steuerrn,steuren,stteuern,stueern,tseuern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steuern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “steuern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-U-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Steven” - see the side-by-side comparison. steuern vs Steven
- 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.