Stiefsohn
[ˈʃtiːfˌzoːn]
The verdict
“Stiefsohn” is uncommon German (frequency #53,269 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,269
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Sohn der Ehefrau oder des Ehemanns aus einer früheren Ehe oder einer außerehelichen Beziehung
Corpus desk
Index DE-stiefsohn · Stiefsohn · German
Stiefsohn · rank #53,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,269
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stichhaltig
Nearest frequency peer: stichhaltig (-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 „Stiefsohn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sterilisati…
Sterilisation
46,735 corpus weight
- Steuerpflic…
Steuerpflicht
46,734 corpus weight
- stichhaltig
stichhaltig
46,733 corpus weight
- Stiefsohn
Stiefsohn
46,732 corpus weight
- straffe
straffe
46,731 corpus weight
- Strahlenbel…
Strahlenbelastung
46,729 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stiefsohn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stiefsohn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtiːfˌzoːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stiefsohn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stiefsohn is uncommon German at frequency #53,269 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtiːfˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Sohn der Ehefrau oder des Ehemanns aus einer früheren Ehe oder einer außerehelichen Beziehung".
Stiefsohn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Stiefsohn, spelled S-T-I-E-F-S-O-H-N.
Definition
- 1ein Sohn der Ehefrau oder des Ehemanns aus einer früheren Ehe oder einer außerehelichen Beziehung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stiefsohn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie behandelte Ihren Stiefsohn immer korrekt.
„Der Stiefvater wusste, dass der Oberst ein Theaterliebhaber war und hatte ihm von dem Theaterinteresse seines Stiefsohnes erzählt.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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