Stierkampf
[ˈʃtiːɐ̯ˌkamp͡f]
The verdict
“Stierkampf” is uncommon German (frequency #84,621 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,621
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sportveranstaltung, bei der Menschen nach bestimmten Regeln gegen einen Stier kämpfen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stierkampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtiːɐ̯ˌkamp͡f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stierkampf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Stierkampf is uncommon German at frequency #84,621 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtiːɐ̯ˌkamp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportveranstaltung, bei der Menschen nach bestimmten Regeln gegen einen Stier kämpfen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Stierkampf, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Stierkampf, spelled S-T-I-E-R-K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1Sportveranstaltung, bei der Menschen nach bestimmten Regeln gegen einen Stier kämpfen
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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 “Stierkampf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-T-I-E-R-K-A-M-P-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃtiːɐ̯ˌkamp͡f] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.