steuerpflichtig
[ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐˌp͡flɪçtɪç]
The verdict
“steuerpflichtig” is uncommon German (frequency #52,457 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,457
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer Steuerpflicht unterliegend; zur Entrichtung einer Steuer verpflichtet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steuerpflichtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐˌp͡flɪçtɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #52,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “steuerpflichtig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
steuerpflichtig is uncommon German at frequency #52,457 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtɔɪ̯ɐˌp͡flɪçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Steuerpflicht unterliegend; zur Entrichtung einer Steuer verpflichtet".
steuerpflichtig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is steuerpflichtig, spelled S-T-E-U-E-R-P-F-L-I-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1einer Steuerpflicht unterliegend; zur Entrichtung einer Steuer verpflichtet
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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 “steuerpflichtig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-U-E-R-P-F-L-I-C-H-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.