Stift

[ʃtɪft]

/[ʃtɪft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Stift” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,108
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - künstlich hergestellter länglicher, meist zylindrischer Körper aus Metall oder Holz, oft mit einer Spitze, der vielfachen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-stift · Stift · German

Stift · rank #6,108 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,108
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stehende

Nearest frequency peer: stehende (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Stift“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Stift“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Stift vs Stil
60% similar
Stift vs Stoff
60% similar
Stift vs still
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Stift
PropertyValue
HeadwordStift
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtɪft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,108
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stift“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Stiftliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „stehende“ (#6,107), „stop“ (#6,109), „Segen“ (#6,106). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stift“ bei #6,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Stift (IPA [ʃtɪft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,108 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stift, with forms such as "sitft", "sstift", and "stfit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stil", "Stoff", "still", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Stift, spelled S-T-I-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    künstlich hergestellter länglicher, meist zylindrischer Körper aus Metall oder Holz, oft mit einer Spitze, der vielfachen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten dient
  2. 2
    (dünner) Nagel, (speziell) Nagel ohne Kopf
  3. 3
    länglicher, zum Teil spitzer Körper ohne besondere Differenzierung – oft aus Metall
  4. 4
    dünner, länglicher, spitzer Körper zum Befestigen eines künstlichen Zahnes in einer Zahnwurzel
  5. 5
    Maschinenelement zum Verbinden von Teilen und zum Sichern gegen deren willkürliches Lösen
  6. 6
    länglicher, spitzer Gegenstand natürlichen Ursprungs
  7. 7
    Stängel von Pflanzen
  8. 8
    Dorn der Pflanzen
  9. 9
    Stachel eines Tiers, steifes Haar, Zahnstumpf
  10. 10
    Pfahl, Stamm eines Baumes
  11. 11
    Schreibgerät

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses Laufrad lässt sich mit einem Stift befestigen.
  2. Unsere kopflosen Stifte sind verzinkt, um Korrosion vorzubeugen.

Synonyms

BolzenZapfenNägelchenStangeZapfenStängelKugelschreiberSchreibgerät

Antonyms

Schraube

This word in other languages

pivot(English)lápiz(Español)crayon(Français)lápis(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sitft
  • sstift
  • stfit
  • stifft
  • stiftt
  • stitf
  • sttift
  • tsift

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stift - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sitft2sstift1stfit2stifft1stiftt1stitf2sttift1tsift2
Edit distance from "Stift"

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 "Stift"?
"Stift" is spelled S-T-I-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtɪft].
What does "Stift" mean?
As a noun, "Stift" means: künstlich hergestellter länglicher, meist zylindrischer Körper aus Metall oder Holz, oft mit einer Spitze, der vielfachen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten dient
What words are commonly confused with "Stift"?
"Stift" is commonly confused with "Stil", "Stoff", "still". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stift"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stift" is [ʃtɪft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stift" come from?
"Stift" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Segen#6,106Quote#6,101nehmt#6,093Minus#6,089

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

united8 variantswarnen8 variantsmeiste8 variantsgehöre8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list