Stevia
[ˈsteːvi̯a]
The verdict
“Stevia” is uncommon German (frequency #68,713 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,713
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Gattung der Korbblütler (Asteraceae), deren Verbreitungsgebiet von den westlichen USA über Mexiko und Zentralamerika bis nach Südamerika reicht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stevia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsteːvi̯a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stevia” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stevia is uncommon German at frequency #68,713 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsteːvi̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Gattung der Korbblütler (Asteraceae), deren Verbreitungsgebiet von den westlichen USA über Mexiko und Zentralamerika bis nach Südamerika reicht".
Stevia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stevia, spelled S-T-E-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1eine Gattung der Korbblütler (Asteraceae), deren Verbreitungsgebiet von den westlichen USA über Mexiko und Zentralamerika bis nach Südamerika reicht
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 “Stevia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-E-V-I-A - 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.