Stilistik

[ʃtiˈlɪstɪk]

/[ʃtiˈlɪstɪk]/ noun

The verdict

“Stilistik” is uncommon German (frequency #80,963 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,963
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erforschung und Lehre des Stils

Corpus desk

Index DE-stilistik · Stilistik · German

Stilistik · rank #80,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,963
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stellvertretu…

Nearest frequency peer: Stellvertretung (-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 „Stilistik“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stilistik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stilistik
PropertyValue
HeadwordStilistik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtiˈlɪstɪk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,963
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Stilistik“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Stilistikfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Stellvertretung“ (#80,962), „Strafvereitelung“ (#80,964), „Steines“ (#80,961). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Stilistik“ bei #80,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Stilistik is uncommon German at frequency #80,963 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtiˈlɪstɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erforschung und Lehre des Stils".

Stilistik has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Stilistik, spelled S-T-I-L-I-S-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erforschung und Lehre des Stils

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Stilistik untersucht Stil unter vielen verschiedenen Aspekten (besonderer Stil eines Werkes, Stilmerkmale einer Gattung, etc.) und vergleicht Stile miteinander.
  2. „Spricht z. B. die Stilistik von Stilnormen, Stilelementen, Stilzügen, um die stilistische Textqualität zu bestimmen, so muß sie auf lexikologische Kategorien zurückgreifen; denn stilistische Qualitäten beruhen auch auf den lexikalischen Eigenschaften der Sprachmittel.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stilistik"?
"Stilistik" is spelled S-T-I-L-I-S-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtiˈlɪstɪk].
What does "Stilistik" mean?
As a noun, "Stilistik" means: Erforschung und Lehre des Stils
How do you pronounce "Stilistik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stilistik" is [ʃtiˈlɪstɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stilistik" come from?
"Stilistik" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list