stichhaltig

[ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç]

/[ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“stichhaltig” is uncommon German (frequency #53,268 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,268
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Gegenargumente zulassend, nicht widerlegbar

Corpus desk

Index DE-stichhaltig · stichhaltig · German

stichhaltig · rank #53,268 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,268
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steuerpflicht

Nearest frequency peer: Steuerpflicht (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „stichhaltig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stichhaltig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stichhaltig
PropertyValue
Headwordstichhaltig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „stichhaltig“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).stichhaltigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Steuerpflicht“ (#53,267), „Stiefsohn“ (#53,269), „Sterilisation“ (#53,266). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „stichhaltig“ bei #53,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stichhaltig is uncommon German at frequency #53,268 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keine Gegenargumente zulassend, nicht widerlegbar".

No generated misspelling entries exist for stichhaltig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is stichhaltig, spelled S-T-I-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    keine Gegenargumente zulassend, nicht widerlegbar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stichhaltig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Deine Argumente sind nicht stichhaltig!
  2. „So vertrauen manche Menschen besonders ihrer Intuition (was erstmal nicht unbedingt problematisch ist), haben aber wenig Interesse daran, ihr Bauchgefühl durch stichhaltige Beweise abzusichern.“

This word in other languages

valid(English)fundado(Español)pertinent(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stichhaltig"?
"stichhaltig" is spelled S-T-I-C-H-H-A-L-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç].
What does "stichhaltig" mean?
As an adjective, "stichhaltig" means: keine Gegenargumente zulassend, nicht widerlegbar
How do you pronounce "stichhaltig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stichhaltig" is [ˈʃtɪçˌhaltɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stichhaltig" come from?
"stichhaltig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stichhaltig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sprengkraft#53,260Spekulatius#53,255Terrorzelle#53,289Trugschluss#53,302

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list