Stiftung
[ˈʃtɪftʊŋ]
The verdict
“Stiftung” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,828
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bereitstellung von Geld oder Sachmitteln für einen erwünschten Zweck
Corpus desk
Index DE-stiftung · Stiftung · German
Stiftung · rank #1,828 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,828
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH unmöglich
Nearest frequency peer: unmöglich (+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 „Stiftung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- spielte
spielte
98,176 corpus weight
- standen
standen
98,175 corpus weight
- Stiftung
Stiftung
98,173 corpus weight
- unmöglich
unmöglich
98,172 corpus weight
- verdammt
verdammt
98,171 corpus weight
- vergangenen
vergangenen
98,170 corpus weight
What this shows „Stiftung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stiftung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɪftʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Stiftung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Stiftung (IPA [ˈʃtɪftʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,828 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stiftung, with forms such as "sitftung", "sstiftung", and "stfitung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Stimmung", "Stiftungen", "stiften", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Stiftung, spelled S-T-I-F-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Bereitstellung von Geld oder Sachmitteln für einen erwünschten Zweck
- 2Anstalt, Einrichtung, Institution, Organisation, die mit gestifteten Geldern oder Sachmitteln ins Leben gerufen wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Stiftung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Stiftung soll einem gemeinnützigen Zweck dienen.
Die Parteien unterhalten parteieigene Stiftungen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sitftung
- sstiftung
- stfitung
- stifftung
- stiftnug
- stifttung
- stiftugn
- stiftungg
- stiftunng
- stifutng
- stitfung
- sttiftung
- tsiftung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stiftung - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stiftung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).