Steven

/[ˈʃteːvn̩]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,284

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Steven is aGermannoun. It means: Bauteil am Schiff, das als Verlängerung des Kiels am Bug und Heck hochgezogen ist und deren äußere Begrenzung darstellt Pronounced [ˈʃteːvn̩]. It ranks #8,284 in German word frequency. Often confused with Sven and Szenen.

Key facts for Steven
PropertyValue
HeadwordSteven
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃteːvn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,284
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Steven in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Steven is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃteːvn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,284 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bauteil am Schiff, das als Verlängerung des Kiels am Bug und Heck hochgezogen ist und deren äußere Begrenzung darstellt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Steven, with forms such as "setven", "ssteven", and "steevn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sven", "Szenen", "stören", and more, 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 Steven, spelled S-T-E-V-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bauteil am Schiff, das als Verlängerung des Kiels am Bug und Heck hochgezogen ist und deren äußere Begrenzung darstellt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: setven,ssteven,steevn,stevenn,stevne,stevven,stteven,stveen,tseven

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Steven

Misspelling Variants of "Steven"

setven6ssteven7steevn6stevenn7stevne6stevven7stteven7stveen6
Misspelling Variants of "Steven"

Frequency rank: #8,284 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Steven"?
"Steven" is spelled S-T-E-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃteːvn̩].
What does "Steven" mean?
As a noun, "Steven" means: Bauteil am Schiff, das als Verlängerung des Kiels am Bug und Heck hochgezogen ist und deren äußere Begrenzung darstellt
What words are commonly confused with "Steven"?
"Steven" is commonly confused with "Sven", "Szenen", "stören". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Steven"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Steven" is [ˈʃteːvn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Steven" come from?
"Steven" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.