Stift

/[ʃtɪft]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,108

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stift is aGermannoun. It means: künstlich hergestellter länglicher, meist zylindrischer Körper aus Metall oder Holz, oft mit einer Spitze, der vielfachen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten dient Pronounced [ʃtɪft]. It ranks #6,108 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stil and Stoff.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Stift in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stift is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,108 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Stift, with forms such as "sitft", "sstift", and "stfit". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Stil", "Stoff", "still", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Stift, spelled S-T-I-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sitft,sstift,stfit,stifft,stiftt,stitf,sttift,tsift

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stift

Misspelling Variants of "Stift"

sitft5sstift6stfit5stifft6stiftt6stitf5sttift6tsift5
Misspelling Variants of "Stift"

Frequency rank: #6,108 in German

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.