Stinger
[ˈstɪŋɐ]
The verdict
“Stinger” is uncommon German (frequency #97,758 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,758
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - FIM-92 Stinger, infrarotgelenkte Flugabwehrrakete
Corpus desk
Index DE-stinger · Stinger · German
Stinger · rank #97,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,758
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stochastische
Nearest frequency peer: stochastische (+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 „Stinger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stilvoller
stilvoller
2,246 corpus weight
- Stimmgabel
Stimmgabel
2,245 corpus weight
- Stinger
Stinger
2,243 corpus weight
- stochastisc…
stochastische
2,242 corpus weight
- stochern
stochern
2,241 corpus weight
- stofflichen
stofflichen
2,240 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Stinger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stinger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈstɪŋɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Stinger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Stinger is uncommon German at frequency #97,758 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈstɪŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "FIM-92 Stinger, infrarotgelenkte Flugabwehrrakete".
Stinger has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Stinger, spelled S-T-I-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1FIM-92 Stinger, infrarotgelenkte Flugabwehrrakete
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Stinger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Klar, wir haben ihnen auch Maultiere aus Argentinien und Flaks aus Ägypten, Kalaschnikows aus China und Stinger aus Nevada geliefert, aber richtig eingeschlagen haben die Dollars.“
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.
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