Stille

/[ˈʃtɪlə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,307

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Stille is aGermannoun. It means: die Abwesenheit von akustischen Signalen wie Lärm, Musik, Geräusch Pronounced [ˈʃtɪlə]. It ranks #4,307 in German word frequency. Often confused with style and Stils.

Key facts for Stille
PropertyValue
HeadwordStille
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtɪlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,307
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Stille is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃtɪlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,307 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Stille, with forms such as "sitlle", "sstille", and "stilel". 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, "style", "Stils", "Stimme", 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 Stille, spelled S-T-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Abwesenheit von akustischen Signalen wie Lärm, Musik, Geräusch
  2. 2
    die Abwesenheit von Bewegung, Zustand des Stillseins

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sitlle,sstille,stilel,stlile,sttille,tsille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Stille

Misspelling Variants of "Stille"

sitlle6sstille7stilel6stlile6sttille7tsille6
Misspelling Variants of "Stille"

Frequency rank: #4,307 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stille"?
"Stille" is spelled S-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɪlə].
What does "Stille" mean?
As a noun, "Stille" means: die Abwesenheit von akustischen Signalen wie Lärm, Musik, Geräusch
What words are commonly confused with "Stille"?
"Stille" is commonly confused with "style", "Stils", "Stimme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Stille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stille" is [ˈʃtɪlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stille" come from?
"Stille" 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.